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 …

A rockfall is a typical dynamic problem of a discontinuous block system originating from a
dangerous rock mass and always presents serious geo-hazards along highway slopes in …

Collisions are the core agent of planet formation. In this work, we derive an analytic
description of the dynamical outcome for any collision between gravity-dominated bodies …

Accurate prediction of rockfalls is a major need in mountain areas, both for hazard
assessment and the design of countermeasures. In this paper, the performance of an …

Rockfall is one of the main phenomena in mountainous environments due to its fast and
high speed of movement, its unpredictability, and, therefore, the difficulty of identifying signs …

Rock slides and rock falls are the most frequent types of slope movements in Yosemite
National Park, California. In historical time (1857–2002) 392 rock falls and rock slides have …

Landslides play an important role in the evolution of landforms and represent a serious
hazard in many areas of the World. In places, fatalities and economic damage caused by …

Only a few rockfall simulation models take into account the mitigating effect of existing forest
cover. The objective of our study was to improve the generic rockfall simulation model …

This paper presents the results of laboratory and field tests regarding the determination of
the parameters that influence the trajectory of falling blocks in rockfalls. Coefficients of …