ABSTRACT Hong Kong, Taiwan and numerous other areas around the world are vulnerable
to debris flows. A single rigid barrier is generally installed at the end of a potential flow path …

Flowing sediments such as debris and liquefied soils could exert a tremendous amount of
force as they impact objects along their paths. The total impact force generally varies with …

Debris flows occur in mountainous areas characterized by steep slope and occasional
severe rainstorms. The massive urbanization in these areas raised the importance of …

Debris flows (DFs) are dangerous events that can cause the complete destruction of
buildings and infrastructure, such as bridges; DFs therefore represent a high risk to public …

Debris flows typically increase in scale by entraining soil, fluid, and boulders along the flow
channel. Entrainment is typically modelled according to semi-empirical formulations which …

Due to the effect of global climate change the occurrence of debris flows and rock falls has
increased. In response to the negative effects the development of new mitigation measures …

The dynamics of debris flows are fundamentally governed by the interaction between the
solid and fluid phases. However, current approaches used to estimate impact load treat …

Flexible ring nets exhibit complex nonlinear mechanical behaviour when subjected to static
and dynamic impact loads. This research presents the development of an efficient numerical …