Rock fall engineering - Wyllie, Duncan C. (Boca Raton CRC Press, 2015)
1. Rock falls : causes and consequences -- 2. Documentation of rock fall events -- 3. Rock fall velocities and trajectories -- 4. Impact mechanics -- 5. Coefficient of restitution -- 6. Energy changes during impacts and trajectories -- 7. Rock fall modeling -- 8. Selection of protection structures -- 9. Design principles of rock fall protection structures -- 10. Rock fall protection I : barriers, nets, and fences -- 11. Rock fall protection II : rock sheds.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-233) and index.
Also available in print version.
Keywords: Soil stabilization; Rockslides -- Prevention; Rock slopes; Electronic books