… Little attention has been paid to the effects of the block shape on the impact force and …
the influence of the block shape on the dynamic response of flexible rockfall barriers. First, an …

… of rockfall protection such as barrier can be more effective when considering the kinetic
energies of such block … of rock block characteristics such as size, shape and initiation zones on …

… who deal with the design of rockfall protection barriers. … shape of potentially detachable
blocks depend on their values [34]. … Due to the heterogeneity of block shapes, two geometrical …

… energy of a flexible rockfall barrier. It is assumed that the block impacts centrally and normally
on … The contours of principal stresses reveal a cross-shaped pattern in which the largest …

… paper will be useful for designers of rockfall barriers aiming for a more rational and optimised
… for the design of other types of impact-resistant structures such as roadside traffic barriers. …

… The deformed shape of the barrier impacted by the 100 cm blocN and 50 cm blocN at
failure are respectively depicted in Fig 4a and Fig. 4b. When the blocN velocity is inclined with …

… The size and shape of the barrier are selected. For example, well-known and much used
selection criteria for catch ditches were developed by Ritchie (1963). Ritchie provided a set of …

… of rockfall disasters. This paper presents a study on the tree barrier effect on rockfall based on
a three-… In this section, the block shape, slope shape and aluminum column distribution are …

… The hypothesized barrier has a rectangular shape and is composed of 6 equally spaced
cables, with a diameter equal to 24 mm (Sect. 6*19S-FC) and belonging to the resistance class …

… blocks. The design parameters required for the reliability analysis of the rockfall barrier are
… The mobilized blocks are characterized by size, shape and weight. Of these properties only …