Discrete element modeling of debris-avalanche impact on earthfill barriers

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 35, Issue 3-5, 2010, Pages 172-181

  Salciarini, Diana ^a   Tamagnini, Claudio ^a   Conversini, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Debris avalanches; Discrete Element Method; Earthfill barriers

Indexed keywords

BARRIER HEIGHTS; CENTRAL ITALY; CIRCULAR PARTICLE; DEBRIS AVALANCHES; DEBRIS FLOWS; DESIGN PARAMETERS; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; DISCRETE ELEMENT MODELING; EARTH FILLS; FRICTIONAL SLIDING; GRANULAR AVALANCHE; INTEGRATED STRATEGY; KEY ELEMENTS; LANDSLIDE HAZARD; MACROSCOPIC FRICTION; PARAMETRIC STUDY; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; PROTECTION STRUCTURE; ROCK MASS; ROCK SLOPE; RUNOUT DISTANCES; SLIDING MASS; SLOPE ANGLES; STORAGE AREA; STRENGTH PROPERTY;

FRICTION; LANDSLIDES;

DEBRIS;

DEBRIS AVALANCHE; DEBRIS FLOW; DESIGN; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FRICTION; LANDFILL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SLIDING; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ASSISI; ITALY; PERUGIA; UMBRIA;

EID: 77953003911     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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