Cascade effect of rock bridge failure in planar rock slides: numerical test with a distinct element code

Delonca, Adeline; Gunzburger, Yann; Verdel, Thierry

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-1263-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-1263-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-1263-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 4

Research article

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21 Apr 2021

Research article |

| 21 Apr 2021

Cascade effect of rock bridge failure in planar rock slides: numerical test with a distinct element code

Adeline Delonca, Yann Gunzburger, and Thierry Verdel

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Reviewer comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 11 Nov 2020
- RC2: 'comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 16 Nov 2020
  - AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Adeline Delonca, 30 Dec 2020
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Adeline Delonca, 30 Dec 2020
RC3: 'Review of the manuscript: “Cascade effect of rock bridge failure in planar rock slides: explicit numerical modelling with a distinct element code” by Adeline Delonca et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 23 Nov 2020
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Adeline Delonca, 30 Dec 2020

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (16 Jan 2021) by Daniele Giordan

AR by Adeline Delonca on behalf of the Authors (18 Jan 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (27 Jan 2021) by Daniele Giordan

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (12 Feb 2021)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (13 Feb 2021)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (26 Feb 2021) by Daniele Giordan

AR by Adeline Delonca on behalf of the Authors (01 Mar 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (17 Mar 2021) by Daniele Giordan

AR by Adeline Delonca on behalf of the Authors (19 Mar 2021) Manuscript

Short summary

Rockfalls are a major sources of danger, particularly along transportation routes. Thus, the assessment of their occurrence is a major challenge for risk management. One interesting factor involved in the occurrence of an event is the failure mechanism of rock bridges along the potential failure plane. This work proposes to study the phenomenology of this failure considering numerical modelling. The influence of rock bridge position in regard to the rockfall failure mode is highlighted.