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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-885-2015
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-885-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
| 
23 Apr 2015
Research article |
| 23 Apr 2015
Impact of rockfalls on protection measures: an experimental approach
J. K. Yuan
State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China
Y. R. Li
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Earth Sciences, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
AGECON Ltd., Hong Kong, China
R. Q. Huang
State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China
X. J. Pei
State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China
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Short summary
The impact force is positively exponential to the weight of rockfall and the instantaneous impact velocity of the rockfall approaching the protection measures. The impact velocity is found to be dominated not only by the drop height but also by the shape of rockfall and the length of the platform on the slideway. A great drop height and/or a short platform produces a fast impact velocity. Spherical rockfalls experience a greater impact velocity than cubes and elongated cuboids.
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