2009
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0013-9
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Choosing a rockfall barrier with the Precautionary Principle: a quantitative approach

Abstract: The paper illustrates an approach for implementing the Precautionary Principle in risk management, exemplified by a procedure aimed at choosing the height of a rockfall barrier protecting a railway stretch. Risk is expressed by the frequency f of blocks hitting the railway-i.e. by the ratio between the number of blocks reaching the railway and the number of blocks falling from the slope-assessed through software simulation of the falling of the blocks. The height from which a block may fall is considered to be… Show more

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“…Therefore, many home and abroad scientific workers have carried out intensive and systematic research on rockfall hazards and gained some achievements [5][6][7][8][9][10]. Lu Qing, et al put forward that the priority to prevent and control rockfall hazards was to determine rockfall trajectory which is decided by slope surface parameters including slope angle, length, coefficient of restitution, angle of frication, etc.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Therefore, many home and abroad scientific workers have carried out intensive and systematic research on rockfall hazards and gained some achievements [5][6][7][8][9][10]. Lu Qing, et al put forward that the priority to prevent and control rockfall hazards was to determine rockfall trajectory which is decided by slope surface parameters including slope angle, length, coefficient of restitution, angle of frication, etc.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%