Debris flows exert enormous impact forces on obstacles in their path. Field measurements
proves that the impact force consists of two distinct parts: the fluid dynamic pressure and the …

Debris flows exert enormous impact forces on obstacles such as bridge piers, defensive
walls and buildings. An estimation of these forces is necessary for designing reliable …

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 …

In mountainous regions, debris-flow is one of the natural hazards imposing threats to human
lives and infrastructures. In order to estimate the magnitude of its destructive force, a number …

Some preliminary experimental results concerning the velocity of the snout of a debris flow
originating from the instantaneous opening of a sluice-gate (dam-break) in a rectangular …

This paper presents some preliminary numerical results concerning the interaction between
debris flows and defense barriers. Related simulations were carried out by employing a …

The literature concerning dynamics impact of debris flows is lacking, although the problem is
of definite interest. Since protection structures, like debris flow barriers, debris racks and …

To design technical mitigation structure against debris flows in torrents it is important to
define realistic design impact loads. Presented impact forces were mostly derived from back …

Recent experimental results obtained at the University of Trento show that a liquid-granular
wave can impact against a vertical obstacle producing two different mechanisms of …

Arrays of obstacles are a potentially effective measure to manage a channel landslide run-
out deposit. In this research, three kinds of debris sands with different particle sizes, 0.25 …