In recent years, in order to improve the destructive effectiveness of munitions, the use of new
types of destructive elements is an important way to improve destructive effectiveness. As a …

This paper presents a procedure for tracking rockfall trajectories and extracting kinematic
parameters from both the impacts and the resultant fragments. A set of full scale rockfall …

Impact-induced fragmentation of rock blocks is a frequent phenomenon during rockfall,
mining, geotechnical engineering. In order to obtain the fragmentation characteristics of …

In this study, to investigate the variability of mechanical parameters of rock, a three-
dimensional (3D) discrete element model (DEM) with the consideration of random …

Fragmentation of blocks upon impact is commonly observed during rockfall events.
Nevertheless, fragmentation is not properly taken into account in the design of protection …

Highlights The experimental survival probability of one irregular shaped rock was
established via 105 drop tests using mortar replicas. The derivation and validation of an …

Rock fragmentation upon impact during a rockfall event is a very challenging phenomenon
to predict. To estimate the likelihood of breakage upon impact, one needs the survival …

Rockfall fragmentation is a common and very complex phenomenon that is still inadequately
understood and rarely modelled. When falling rock blocks break upon impact, their shape …

Rockfall fragmentation is a very complex phenomenon that is still poorly understood and
modelled. Being able to adequately model fragmentation of impacting blocks, including …

Fragmentation of rocks upon impact is a complex phenomenon that is not well understood.
The first question to answer to adequately model fragmentation is whether a falling block is …