Toward objective rockfall trajectory simulation using a stochastic impact model

Geomorphology

Volumn 110, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 68-79

  Bourrier, Franck ^a   Dorren, Luuk ^b   Nicot, François ^a   Berger, Frédéric ^a   Darve, Félix ^c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Bundesamt fur Umweltschutz   (Switzerland)

^c GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

3D simulations; Field experiments; Restitution coefficients; Rockfall rebound; Rockyfor3D; Stochastic modelling

Indexed keywords

BOULDER; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; ROCKFALL; SLOPE FAILURE; STOCHASTICITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRAJECTORY;

EID: 67749130639     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.03.017     Document Type: Article

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