The destructive and impactful forces of debris flow commonly causes local damage to
engineering structures. The effect of a deformable barrier on the impact dynamics is …

Debris flows often cause local damage to engineering structures by exerting destructive
impact forces. The debris-flow–deformable-barrier interaction is a significant issue in …

Debris flows carry enormous momentum as they surge downslope and could cause loss of
lives and damage to infrastructure. Structural countermeasures such as rigid and flexible …

Multiple barrier system has become a widely adopted method to mitigate debris flows, which
consists of smaller barriers that progressively retain the debris to reduce the acceleration …

Flexible barriers are being increasingly applied to mitigate the danger of debris flows.
However, how barriers can be better designed to withstand the impact loads of debris flows …

Both the solid and fluid phases in a debris flow vitally influence the impact dynamics against
a rigid barrier. However, previous numerical and analytical models commonly adopt an …

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 …

Debris-flow impact load is one of the key parameters for design of engineering
countermeasures. The multiple-surge load model is a remarkable progress in estimating the …

The debris–barrier interaction issue has gained considerable attention among the
engineering community, but most researches have only focused on the single-surge impact …

This study investigates the interaction between dry debris flows and a rigid barrier through
discrete element modeling (DEM) of flume tests. The debris materials were modeled as an …