… stability of rigid L-shaped barriers subjected to rockfall impacts. Analytical … barrier in resisting
an impact. The actual amount of energy transferred from the impacting boulder to the barrier …

… barrier was considered in the attempt of assigning a threshold value of capacity to semi-rigid
barriers … up for testing prototypes of semi-rigid barriers to impact energies of about 30 NJ [7]. …

… rigidity of the barrier as well as the rockfall dynamics. For the same boulder size and speed,
impact … analysis of MSE walls subject to rockfall impact is in progress at the University of …

… rockfall scenarios encountered in the field. A rigid slab may load a barrier over a larger area
and its effect … horizontally orientated rockfall barriers under concentrated areal impact loads. …

… Therefore, to accurately evaluate or predict the impact effects of rockfall in a barrier design, it
… The areal load induced by a rigid slab leads to a smaller deformation of the barrier net than …

… This research explores the viability of building barriers without foundation. This type of … of
designing rockfall barriers without any base restraints. The barrier is expected to resist impact …

This paper addresses the use of discrete element modeling approaches for predicting the
impact response of flexible rockfall protection barriers. In this purpose, two different models are …

… being caught by the barrier M after having been released from the rigid swinging arm.
Some padding can be seen around the QR to avoid any damage upon impact. The controlled …

… test facility was established to simulate boulder impacts on a rigid barrier. Figure 3 shows …
The wall was sufficiently large to represent a rigid barrier for the purpose of the present study…

… estimating the impact loading of a boulder on a flexible barrier is … to calculate the impact
force on rigid barriers (Kawahara and … barriers, as the behavior of flexible barriers subjects to …