Abstract In Hong Kong, design practice adopts the hydrodynamic load model to estimate the
dynamic soil debris impact load on reinforced concrete debris-resisting barriers. A dynamic …

The use of steel flexible barriers to mitigate landslide risk on natural hillsides is becoming
common in the past decade in Hong Kong. The current design approach for this kind of …

Effective design of mitigation measures against debris flow hazards remains a challenging
geotechnical problem. At present, a pseudo-static approach is commonly used for the …

Debris-flow impact load is one of the key parameters for design of engineering
countermeasures. The multiple-surge load model is a remarkable progress in estimating the …

Our limited understanding of the mechanisms pertaining to the force exerted by debris flows
on barriers makes it difficult to ascertain whether a design is inadequate, adequate, or over …

The destructive and impactful forces of debris flow commonly causes local damage to
engineering structures. The effect of a deformable barrier on the impact dynamics is …

The dynamics of debris flows are fundamentally governed by the interaction between the
solid and fluid phases. However, current approaches used to estimate impact load treat …

A new analytical model is proposed to estimate the peak impact pressure of debris flow
exerted on a rigid barrier. The new model consists of two terms, p= α 1 ρ 0 gh 0+ 0· 5 ρ 0 u …

Mitigation of natural terrain hazards through the use of flexible and rigid barriers has
become a common type of geotechnical work in Hong Kong. The current design approach …

It's very important to simulate impact load of debris flow effectively and to investigate
dynamic response of architectures under dynamic impact of debris flow, which are …