Flexible rockfall barriers are proven protection systems to mitigate the hazard of rocks falling
on people and infrastructure. To assure that such systems are able to dynamically stop …

The paper addresses the response of a semi-rigid rockfall protection barrier using numerical
models. The study show a large dependence of the barrier response to the impact …

Semi-rigid rockfall protection barriers are steel structures constituted by a principal
interception structure made of cables mounted on structural steel posts fully restrained to the …

The imperative need to protect structures in mountainous areas against rockfall has led to
the development of various protection methods. This study introduces a new type of rockfall …

This paper investigates the dynamic response of low energy, semi-rigid rockfall barriers. The
study is based on a FE model that reproduces the geometry, components and connections …

Most of the recent research on rockfall and the development of protective systems, such as
flexible rockfall barriers, have been focused on medium to high levels of impacting energy …

This paper proposes an effective design approach for quickly determining the specification,
size and amount of components of a flexible rockfall protection barrier structure. The …

This paper presents a new numerical strategy for the design and verification of flexible
falling rock barriers: passive protection measures for risk mitigation of potentially unstable …

This study uses a numerical procedure, previously validated with data from full-scale
experiments, to investigate the performance of a modified prototype wire-rope fence to …