A numerical approach has been recently devised by the authors for the modelling of falling
rock protection barriers, metallic structures used as passive measures against rockfall …

Rockfall is a phenomenon which, when uncontrolled, may cause extensive material damage
and personal injury. One of the structures used to avoid accidents caused by debris flows or …

Most of the recent research on rockfall and the development of protective systems, such as
flexible rockfall barriers, have been focused on medium to high levels of impacting energy …

In response to the unpredictable nature of rockfall hazards, flexible barrier systems must
endure both single and consecutive impacts in practical scenarios. This study conducted a …

To investigate the nonlinear mechanical behavior of the wire‐ring net, this paper presents a
new numerical model that can collectively consider equivalence between numerical and …

Fragmentation of rocks upon impact during rockfall is a phenomenon that is poorly
understood, scarcely researched and difficult to predict. However, to adequately predict the …

Flexible ring nets exhibit complex nonlinear mechanical behaviour when subjected to static
and dynamic impact loads. This research presents the development of an efficient numerical …

Structures used in rockfall protection are designed on the basis of the expected impact
energy. This quantity is usually assessed using commercial lumped mass models that …

Flexible barriers are essential passive measures which are able to protect human life,
structures and infrastructures from rockfall hazards. When a barrier is impacted, a significant …

Flexible net barriers are protection structures used to mitigate geological hazards, such as
rockfall [1, 2], landslide [3], debris flow [4, 5], and avalanche [6]. A typical flexible barrier …