Ischia Island is a volcano-tectonic horst in the Phlegrean Volcanic District, Italy. We
investigated rockfalls in Ischia using STONE, a three-dimensional model for simulating …

The stability properties of a freely rotating rigid body are governed by the intermediate axis
theorem, ie, rotation around the major and minor principal axes is stable whereas rotation …

The existing research on coal gangue identification based on vibration usually assumes that
coal gangue particles are ideal shapes. To understand the vibration response difference in …

Studying how deadwood mitigates the rockfall hazard in mountain forests is key to
understanding the influence of climate-induced disturbances on the protective capacity of …

Forests are rockfall-protective ecological infrastructures as a significant amount of kinetic
energy is absorbed during consecutive rock–tree impacts. Although many recent works have …

Rockfall tracking and mass estimation are critical for effective hazard response. While
seismic techniques have been applied to the field, systematic analysis remains lacking. In …

In steep, mountainous terrain, protection forests play a key role in rockfall risk prevention,
because trees reduce the energy of falling blocks or even stop them. The simple but robust …

At present, a quantitative basis for delimiting realistic rockfall runout zones on the basis of
trajectory simulation data is generally missing. The objective of this study is to come up with …

Rockfalls are frequent geodisasters, characterized by gravity driven downslope movement of
a solid mass of rock. The kinematics of rocks is heavily dependent on their shape, which …

Mountain forests have a substantial protective function in preventing natural hazards, in part
due to the presence of dead wood on the forest floor. Rates of deadwood accumulation have …