Cellular sandwich structures constitute efficient technological solutions to protect elements
at risk from rockfall hazard. The design of these structures is for the most part empirically …

This paper concerns the definition and the discussion of an uncoupled approach for the
design of rockfall protection tunnels. This concerns, in particular, the reinforced concrete …

This paper concerns the numerical analysis of rockfall shelters covered by an absorbing
layer of soil. The evaluation of the actions on the shelter is derived from a recent design …

This chapter concerns the definition and the discussion of an uncoupled approach for the
design of rockfall protection tunnels. This concerns, in particular, the reinforced concrete …

The design of protection structures remains a difficult task for high-energy impact, and official
regulations do not exist yet. In order to contribute to developing the efficiency of …

Résumé The analysis of impact experiments on low energy rockfall protection structures
allowed building a model based on the Discrete Element Method for the design of these …

Barriers (protective embankment dams) in zones threatened by rockfall, avalanches or
mudflows are gaining more and more importance due to increasing settlement and building …

Rockfall protection fences and pocket-type rockfall protection nets are economical and easy
to construct because they use lightweight materials, such as nets. On the other hand, they …

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 …

In this study, a new buffering system with geocell is proposed as a buffer for concrete rock-
fall protection retaining walls, and real-scale impact loading tests were conducted to …