A shed cave structure with a sand cushion is often used as protective for rockfall disasters. Because of the randomness and unpredictability disasters, cushions caves suffer multiple impacts from rockfalls. Aiming at problem rockfall, this paper uses three-dimensional discrete element method to study dynamic response on different heights. Before conducting large-scale simulation studies, input ...

Rockfall protection embankments are ground levees designed to stop falling boulders. This paper investigates the behaviour of geocells to be used as components of these structures. Geocells, or cellular confinement systems, are composite structures associating a manufactured envelope with a granular geomaterial. Single cubic geocells were subjected to the impact resulting from dropping a spheri...

The need for monitoring slope movements increases with the increasing need for new areas to inhabit and new land management requirements. Rock-slope monitoring implies the use of a database, but also the use of other tools to facilitate the analysis of movements. The experience and the philosophy of monitoring the top of the Randa rockfall scar which is sliding down into the valley near Randa v...

Rockfalls are widespread events in mountain areas worldwide. The management of this process can be done using different approaches. In paper, we want to analyze the procedure that adopted manage a rockfall event considering safety infrastructure and settlements. Focusing on an Alpine region highly affected by rockfalls like Aosta Valley Region (north-western Italy), implemented dedicated for ro...