Considering Fragmentation and Variability of Rockfall and the Third Dimension in Rockfall Barrier Design

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10.2991/978-94-6463-258-3_74How to use a DOI?

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rockfall barrier; field tests; eccentric testing; design reliability; 3D

Abstract

At the end of the 1980s, the design, testing and subsequent manufacture of steel rockfall protection barrier systems began around the world. To ensure that these barriers can effectively stop the dynamic impact of rockfall, several guidelines have been introduced worldwide since 2001. The level of knowledge about the behaviour of rockfall protection barriers, and the current regulations related to their testing and remaining capacity after impact differ ay global level. In 2019 an Innosuisse-sponsored 3-year research project was awarded to WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF together with Geobrugg, from the industry side, for rockfall barriers full-scale testing, to deepen the knowledge about the variability of the actual behaviour of these protection barriers. The results lead to additional tests to the existing European certification procedure, allowing a better quantification of the energy capacity of the protective surface of rockfall barriers.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Manuel Eicher
AU  - Roberto Luis Fonseca
AU  - Helene Lanter
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/11/08
TI  - Considering Fragmentation and Variability of Rockfall and the Third Dimension in Rockfall Barrier Design
BT  - Proceedings of the Rocscience International Conference  (RIC 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 799
EP  - 805
SN  - 2589-4943
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-258-3_74
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-258-3_74
ID  - Eicher2023
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