… In particular, the deformed shape of the barrier model prior to failure, at 0.25 s and 0.37 s
from the test start is illustrated in Fig. 13a and c (with the corresponding lateral views in Fig. 13b …

… points between block and terrain surface. Then inclusion of complex block shapes would …
A related problem is represented by the changes in block shape during rockfall. Accounting …

… against rockfall. Following this approach, in this study a FE model of a specific barrier type
is … The deformed shape of the three-dimensional model is similar to that of the real energy …

… selection aiming at the design of protection works. If, on the … block shape number defines
the family of shapes the block … , the block was always assumed to have a regular shape and …

… The motion of the falling rocks depends on the parameters such as the shape of the rock
blocks, … So, a standard rockfall barrier of 2.5 m height with a 100 kJ capacity has found to be …

… rockfall protection barriers under impact load, four full-scale impact tests involving protection
… the capacity of the flexible protection barrier subjected to the rockfall impact but also to …

… Rockfall protection embankments are elevated massive structures designed to stop falling
rock blocks. This … Eighteen rock blocks of different shapes and masses were rolled down a hill …

… particles of various sizes and water, flowing along a laterally confined channel… shaped
region whilst a rock fall is represented by singular rock blocks moving along the path with different …

… (ii) Another feature is relative to the re-mobilized blocks that, in … (iii) The role of the existing
rockfall barriers cannot be … information relative to the block (eg, size and shape) and the cliff (eg…

… model deformed shapes. In the third column, the time–elongation curve, as described by the
… Discrete element simulation of an innovative metallic net dedicated to rockfall protection: a …