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 …

Falling rock protection barriers, flexible metallic structures conceived to intercept and stop
falling blocks, are now widely used. Nonetheless, their complex behaviour has not been fully …

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

Full-scale impact tests, carried out to evaluate the behaviour of flexible falling rock protection
barriers, are described and relevant results presented and discussed. Falling rock protection …

Flexible steel barriers are commonly constructed on steep hillsides to mitigate rockfall. The
evaluation of the dynamic response of proprietary flexible barriers is conventionally …

The so-called “bullet effect” refers to the perforation of a rockfall protection mesh by impact of
a small block, which has a kinetic energy lower than the design value, where the design …

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 …

Flexible rockfall barriers are commonly constructed on steep hillsides to mitigate rockfall.
The evaluation of the dynamic response of proprietary flexible rockfall barriers is …

The widespread use of net barriers, which are flexible, as opposed to rigid, devices for
intercepting falling rocks has led to the need for rigorous design criteria based on safe and …