… An interpretation of debris flows impacting rigid and flexible barriers is presented in this
study. For the first time in study of debris flow impacting flexible barrier, a quantitative analysis …

… flexible barriers for debris flow mitigation, the fundamental mechanisms of interaction between
a debris flow and flexible barriers … basis for leveraging flexible barriers to control channel …

… analysis of the mechanics of the impact of a debris flow is considered in order to estimate
the forces that develop on the main structural elements of a deformable retention barrier. …

… ), where the debris flow is described as a single-phase medium. We represent debris flow as
a … The flexible barrier is modeled using the finite element method (FEM) (Section 2.3). It only …

… The need for new barrier certification methods, based on a … by debris flows and rock boulders
impacting a barrier should … interaction of a debris flow with a flexible barrier is more complex…

… barriers. However, the performance of these systems has not yet been investigated systematically.
For this reason a wire ring-net barrier … at the barrier and the debris flow events of 2006 …

… debris flow on flexible barriers, based on coupled computational fluid dynamics and discrete
element method (CFD-DEM). We consider a debris flow … The flexible barrier is simulated by …

… of some steel flexible barriers in intercepting debris flows with … of flexible barriers, especially
under bouldery debris flow impact. … bouldery flows impacting an instrumented flexible barrier …

… However, the complicated debris-barrier interaction is still not well … natural debris flows and
debris avalanches. As an emerging debris-resisting structure, the debris-flow flexible barrier …

… and flow impact on rigid barrier … debris flow experiments almost as a plane strain problem
(a narrow 3D model to save computational cost) and the flexible barrier as a curved rigid barrier…