Rockfall is an extremely rapid process involving long travel distances. Due to these features,
when an event occurs, the ability to take evasive action is practically zero and, thus, the risk …

Rockfall protection embankments are elevated massive structures designed to stop falling
rock blocks. This paper discusses two specific facets of their design: their ability to control a …

This contribution covers the development and validation of a microelastic model for wood,
based on a four-step homogenization scheme. At a length scale of several tens of …

Cement pastes are highly creep active materials at early ages. We here characterize both
the elastic stiffness and the creep properties of ordinary Portland cement pastes conditioned …

This study investigates the mechanism of rockfall impact against a granular soil buffering
layer above a concrete/rock shed via numerical simulations by discrete element method …

Though gravel cushions are used worldwide in open-pit mines and railway slopes to control
the impact of rolling stones, no universal technical standards have been put in place to …

The composite cushion of sand and non-vented flexible airbags offers a promising
application in protecting galleries against rockfall. This research focuses on a numerical …

Expanded polystyrene (EPS) geofoam presents a promising application in the protection of
galleries against rockfall. This paper focuses on experimental and numerical studies that …

Impact breakage is one of the main cause of rice injury during harvest and processing. In
this work, the effect of impact velocity on breakage probability and modes of rice is studied …

Infrastructures such as roads and railways as well as urbanised areas, in mountainside
regions, can frequently be endangered by rockfalls and, therefore, need to be protected …