… Little attention has been paid to the effects of the block shape on the impact force and …
the influence of the block shape on the dynamic response of flexible rockfall barriers. First, an …

… of rockfall protection such as barrier can be more effective when considering the kinetic
energies of such block … of rock block characteristics such as size, shape and initiation zones on …

… who deal with the design of rockfall protection barriers. … shape of potentially detachable
blocks depend on their values [34]. … Due to the heterogeneity of block shapes, two geometrical …

… paper will be useful for designers of rockfall barriers aiming for a more rational and optimised
… for the design of other types of impact-resistant structures such as roadside traffic barriers. …

… The deformed shape of the barrier impacted by the 100 cm blocN and 50 cm blocN at
failure are respectively depicted in Fig 4a and Fig. 4b. When the blocN velocity is inclined with …

… of rockfall disasters. This paper presents a study on the tree barrier effect on rockfall based on
a three-… In this section, the block shape, slope shape and aluminum column distribution are …

… The hypothesized barrier has a rectangular shape and is composed of 6 equally spaced
cables, with a diameter equal to 24 mm (Sect. 6*19S-FC) and belonging to the resistance class …

… performance of a flexible rockfall barrier along a mountain … rockfall barrier under investigation
was approximately 20,000 m 2 . Five typical failure modes of the flexible rockfall barrier …

… the block shapes … block shape SP3A, more than 95% of the blocks remain at the top of
the slope, including 5% that approach the EC11 barrier – hence a very marked effect of shape…

… of falling rocks on the basis of different rock sizes, rock shapes, and ground surfaces. A
laboratory experiment of rocks with various … a rockfall protective barrier at an appropriate location. …