[PDF][PDF] A new numerical modelling approach for flexible rockfall protection barriers based on failure modes

X Qi, ZX Yu, L Zhao, H Xu, SC Zhao - Advanced Steel Construction, 2018 - ascjournal.com
… [16] approaches, and the model was … modelled the components in the system by truss
elements, and established an overall 3D calculation model of flexible rockfall protection barriers

Introducing meta-models for a more efficient hazard mitigation strategy with rockfall protection barriers

D Toe, A Mentani, L Govoni, F Bourrier… - Rock mechanics and …, 2018 - Springer
… -modelling approaches for improving the design of passive rockfall protection structures with
a specific focus on a barrier … This barrier type features an interception structure made of a …

Use of explicit FEM models for the structural and parametrical analysis of rockfall protection barriers

L Castanon-Jano, E Blanco-Fernandez… - Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
… two Finite Element models of rockfall barriers IBT-150 and IBT-500 have been developed
and successfully validated with the results of experimental field tests. These models allowed a …

Key issues in rock fall modeling, hazard and risk assessment for rockfall protection

GB Crosta, F Agliardi, P Frattini, S Lari - … for Society and Territory-Volume 2 …, 2015 - Springer
… about 8,000 kJ, trajectory height is below 8 m, and event frequency is low (ie the probability
of multiple impacts is low), rockfall flexible barriers provide adequate protection against …

A new approach to evaluate the effectiveness of rockfall barriers

A Mentani, L Govoni, G Gottardi, S Lambert… - Procedia …, 2016 - Elsevier
… components, enabled to improve and calibrate existing models of semi-rigid barriers. The
models were used to run preliminary parametric analyses addressing the size of the impacting …

A novel approach to assess the ability of a protection barrier to mitigate rockfall hazard

D Toe, A Mentani, S Lambert, L Govoni, G Gottardi… - Interpraevent, 2018 - hal.science
… -modeling approach, a simplified model of a widely used type of rockfall protection barrier
… Three-dimensional numerical modelling of falling rock protection barriers. Computers and …

Toward a generic computational approach for flexible rockfall barrier modeling

JB Coulibaly, MA Chanut, S Lambert, F Nicot - Rock Mechanics and Rock …, 2019 - Springer
modeling tools to perform structural analysis. In this article, a generic computational approach
to rockfall barriers … Stochastic modeling methods are also used to study the propagation of …

Design of falling rock protection barriers using numerical models

C Gentilini, G Gottardi, L Govoni, A Mentani… - Engineering …, 2013 - Elsevier
rockfall. Following this approach, in this study a FE model of a specific barrier type is developed…
The constitutive parameters of the model are calibrated employing the data of a series of …

Three-dimensional numerical modelling of falling rock protection barriers

C Gentilini, L Govoni, S de Miranda, G Gottardi… - Computers and …, 2012 - Elsevier
… The modelling approach is verified against a database that collects several, high quality …
innovative metallic net dedicated to rockfall protection: a multi-scale approach. In: Proceedings …

Probabilistic approach for design optimization of rockfall protective barriers

P Paronuzzi - Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and …, 1989 - lyellcollection.org
… block propagation model and the application of computerized calculation procedures to
the design of rockfall protective barriers. Design parameters of rockfall mobilized blocks …