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 …

The interaction of flow-like landslides with protection barriers is analyzed for their design.
Three recent analysis approaches are briefly presented and applied to different landslide …

In this paper the results of a series of rockfall impact tests on a sheltering tunnel are
discussed. A reinforced-concrete (RC) sphere (mass 850 kg, diameter 0· 9 m) was dropped …

Many factors affect the movement of rockfall. Thus, this study explored the influence of
rockfall shape, slope angle, angular velocity, slope hardness, rockfall mass, and slope …

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 …

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 …

Flexible net barriers are a new type of effective mitigation measure against debris flows in
valleys and can affect the kinematic energy and mass of debris flows. Here, ten flume tests …

To reduce the impact of mountain rockfall on the shed tunnel, cushion buffering materials
were designed as protective measures. The optimized design can improve the impact …

ABSTRACT ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of mechanical
properties of the impact material, and the shape of boulders on the coefficients of restitution …

The normal velocity curve of a falling boulder with time is fitted by a logistic curve. Without
considering the rotational velocity, a logistic equation is used to fit the normal velocity curve …