The effects of vegetation traits and their stability functions in bio-engineered slopes: A perspective review

S Bordoloi, CWW Ng - Engineering Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
Bio-engineered slopes use vegetation as “live” protection elements against the triggering
forces of landslides, erosions and debris flows. In this paper, the effects of basic plant traits …

Yade documentation

V Smilauer, V Angelidakis, E Catalano, R Caulk… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Yade is an extensible open-source framework for discrete numerical models, focused on the
Discrete Element Method. The computation parts are written in c++ using a flexible object …

Probabilistic modeling of rockfall trajectories: a review

L Li, H Lan - Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2015 - Springer
Probabilistic approaches are widely adopted for the modeling of rockfall trajectories, but are
not widely discussed in the literature. This paper aims to help fill this gap by reviewing …

[PDF][PDF] 青藏铁路设兴村段崩塌特征分析与运动学模拟

王颂, 张路青, 周剑, 韩振华, 刘海洋 - 工程地质学报, 2020 - dsjyj.com.cn
摘要西藏拉萨—羊八井段建有青藏铁路, 京拉公路(G109), 京藏高速(G6) 三大重要交通工程和
大量输电线路. 然而, 该区段山高坡陡, 崩塌灾害频发, 给交通和输电的安全运营带来极大的威胁 …

Evaluating rockfall risk: Some critical aspects

C Scavia, M Barbero, M Castelli, M Marchelli, D Peila… - Geosciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Rockfalls evolve rapidly and unpredictably in mountain environments and can cause
considerable losses to human societies, structures, economical activities, and also natural …

A method for rockfall risk quantification and optimal arrangement of protection structures along a road

H Kanno, S Moriguchi, Y Tsuda, I Yoshida… - Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study is to introduce a novel framework that aids in the installation of
rockfall protection structures for the risk reduction of rockfall-related damage. In this study …

DEM modeling of a flexible barrier impacted by a dry granular flow

A Albaba, S Lambert, F Kneib, B Chareyre… - Rock Mechanics and …, 2017 - Springer
Flexible barriers are widely used as protection structures against natural hazards in
mountainous regions, in particular for containing granular materials such as debris flows …

An energy allocation based design approach for flexible rockfall protection barriers

H Xu, C Gentilini, Z Yu, X Qi, S Zhao - Engineering Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper proposes an effective design approach for quickly determining the specification,
size and amount of components of a flexible rockfall protection barrier structure. The …

The mechanism of rockfall disaster: A case study from Badouzih, Keelung, in northern Taiwan

LW Wei, H Chen, CF Lee, WK Huang, ML Lin… - Engineering …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract On August 31st, 2013, high intensity rainfall caused a severe rockfall disaster in
Badouzih, Keelung. This study combines the results of detailed field investigation and …

Influence of cracks on loess collapse under heavy rainfall

X Jiang, T Hou, S Guo, Y Chen - Catena, 2023 - Elsevier
Collapse is one of the frequent geological disasters on the Loess Plateau, which seriously
threatens the safety of people's life and property. Taking the typical loess collapse in …