This article investigates the mechanical response of slender rockfall protection
embankments subjected to impacts based on real-scale experiments. More specifically, it …

This paper addresses the response of rockfall protection embankments when exposed to a
rock impact. For this purpose, real-scale impact experiments were conducted with impact …

Rockfalls are one of the most prevailing natural hazards in the mountainous regions in
Switzerland. Concrete protection galleries are used to protect the local infrastructure and …

Although pocket-type rockfall protective nets are more economical and easier to install, the
amount of rockfall energy they can absorb and the locations where they can be implemented …

This paper deals with the evaluation of damage due to boulder impact on rockfall protection
embankment thanks to external methods. A 4 m high, 8 m long three layered structure is built …

This article first proposes a literature-based criterion for evaluating the capacity of protection
embankments in resisting rockfall-induced impacts. The criterion is intended to help …

We have to reduce the disaster caused by rockfall as well as conserve the surrounding
environment. In order to satisfy these requirements, we have proposed new construction …

Infrastructures such as roads and railways as well as urbanised areas, in mountainside
regions, can frequently be endangered by rockfalls and, therefore, need to be protected …

In a hilly and congested urban environment, use of reinforced concrete barrier for hillslope
protection is common. With some of these barriers, a layer of gabion is placed in front of the …

A gabion is one of the most commonly used cushioning layers to shield protection structures
against boulders entrained in debris flow. Despite the prevalence of gabions, their …