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    • 3D analysis of a fragmental rockfall 

      Ruiz Carulla, Roger; Matas Casado, Gerard; Corominas Dulcet, Jordi; Lantada, Nieves (Springer Nature, 2021)
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      Fragmentation in a rockfall event influence the total number of fragments, the mass distribution, and the impact energies and runouts. Then, the probability of impact and hazard characterization should consider fragmentation. ...

    • A fractal fragmentation model for rockfalls 

      Ruiz Carulla, Roger; Corominas Dulcet, Jordi; Mavrouli, Olga Christina (2017-06)
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      The impact-induced rock mass fragmentation in a rockfall is analyzed by comparing the in situ block size distribution (IBSD) of the rock mass detached from the cliff face and the resultant rockfall block size distribution ...

    • A methodology to obtain the block size distribution of a large rockfall deposit 

      Ruiz Carulla, Roger; Corominas Dulcet, Jordi; Mavrouli, Olga Christina (2014)
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      The block size distribution produced in a rockfall event is necessary for the study of the trajectories, run-out, the impact energies and for the quantitative assessment of the rockfall hazard. For large rockfall deposits, ...

    • A methodology to obtain the block size distribution of fragmental rockfall deposits 

      Ruiz Carulla, Roger; Corominas Dulcet, Jordi; Mavrouli, Olga Christina (2015-06-30)
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    • A textural classification of argillaceous rocks and their durability 

      Corominas Dulcet, Jordi; Martínez Bofill, Joan; Soler Gil, Albert (2015-08)
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      Argillaceous rocks can display a wide range of durability behavior after excavation and in cut slopes. In this paper, we propose a classification of argillaceous rocks based on their textural characteristics. Three main ...

    • An empirical approach to rockfall fragmentation 

      Corominas Dulcet, Jordi; Ruiz Carulla, Roger; Mavrouli, Olga Christina (2015)
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      The impact-induced rock mass fragmentation in a rockfall is analyzed by comparing the In Situ Block Size Distribution (IBSD) at the cliff face and the Rockfall Block Size Distribution (RBSD) on the slope. The IBSD is ...

    • Analysis of fragmentation of rock blocks from real-scale tests 

      Ruiz Carulla, Roger; Corominas Dulcet, Jordi; Gili Ripoll, José Antonio; Matas Casado, Gerard; Lantada, Nieves; Moya Sánchez, José; Prades Valls, Albert; Núñez Andrés, María Amparo; Buill Pozuelo, Felipe; Puig i Polo, Càrol (2020-08)
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      Real-scale fragmentation tests provide high quality data in order to study the fragmentation pattern of rock blocks. In the tests carried out, the initial rock mass, in terms of both volume and shape, was reconstructed by ...

    • Analysis of rock block fragmentation by means of real-scale tests 

      Ruiz Carulla, Roger; Matas Casado, Gerard; Prades Valls, Albert; Gili Ripoll, José Antonio; Corominas Dulcet, Jordi; Lantada, Nieves; Buill Pozuelo, Felipe; Mavrouli, Olga Christina; Núñez Andrés, María Amparo; Moya Sánchez, José (Sage, 2016)
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    • Analysis of rockfalls by means of a fractal fragmentation model 

      Ruiz Carulla, Roger; Corominas Dulcet, Jordi (2020-03)
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      We present the performance of the rockfall fractal fragmentation model (RFFM) developed by Ruiz-Carulla et al. (Landslides 14(3):875–889. doi.org/10.1007/s10346-016-0773-8, 2017) and based on Perfect (Eng Geol 48:185–198, ...

    • Análisis comparativo de técnicas estadísticas y de aprendizaje para evaluar la susceptibilidad del terreno a los deslizamientos superficiales en el pirineo catalán 

      Amorim, Samuel; Corominas Dulcet, Jordi; Lantada, Nieves; Baeza Adell, Cristina; Portilla, Modesto; Angulo Bahón, Cecilio (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics en Enginyeria (CIMNE), 2009)
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      Este documento presenta la comparación de tres metodologías de tratamiento de datos para la evaluación de la susceptibilidad a la ocurrencia de deslizamientos superficiales. Por un lado dos modelos estadísticos como el ...

    • Aproximación probabilística al número y tamaño de bloques en desprendimientos con fragmentación 

      Moya Sánchez, José; Corominas Dulcet, Jordi; Mavrouli, Olga Christina; Copons Llorens, Ramon (2013)
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      La mayoría de las masas rocosas que se desprenden se fragmentan en los primeros impactos contra el terreno. El riesgo asociado a los desprendimientos debe calcularse, por lo tanto, teniendo en cuenta este proceso de ...

    • Aspectos microtexturales que condicionan la durabilidad de las rocas arcillosas 

      Agelet Cano, Jordi; Martínez Bofill, Joan; Soler Gil, Albert; Tauler Ferré, Esperança; Corominas Dulcet, Jordi; Otero, Neus (2012)
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    • Atmospheric phase screen compensation in ground-based sar with a multiple-regression model over mountainous regions 

      Iglesias González, Rubén; Fabregas Canovas, Francisco Javier; Aguasca Solé, Alberto; Mallorquí Franquet, Jordi Joan; López Martínez, Carlos; Gili Ripoll, José Antonio; Corominas Dulcet, Jordi (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2014-05-01)
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      In this paper, a new model-based technique for the compensation of severe height-dependent atmospheric artifacts, using ground-based synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data over mountainous regions, is proposed. The method ...

    • Calculation of the rockwall recession rate of a limestone cliff, affected by rockfalls, using cosmogenic chlorine-36: case study of the Montsec range (Eastern Pyrenees, Spain) 

      Domènech Surinyach, Guillem; Corominas Dulcet, Jordi; Mavrouli, Olga Christina (2018-04)
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      Cliff erosion may be a major problem in settled areas affecting populations and producing economic and ecological losses. In this paper we present a procedure to calculate the long-term retreat rate of a cliff affected by ...

    • Canelles landslide: modelling rapid drawdown and fast potential sliding 

      Pinyol Puigmartí, Núria Mercè; Alonso Pérez de Agreda, Eduardo; Corominas Dulcet, Jordi; Moya Sánchez, José (2012-03)
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      A large landslide (40 × 106 m3) was reactivated on the left bank of Canelles reservoir, Spain. The instability was made evident after a considerable reduction of the reservoir level. The drawdown took place during the ...

    • Capturing rockfall kinematic and fragmentation parameters using high-speed camera system 

      Prades Valls, Albert; Corominas Dulcet, Jordi; Lantada, Nieves; Matas Casado, Gerard; Núñez Andrés, María Amparo (2022-06-05)
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      This paper presents a procedure for tracking rockfall trajectories and extracting kinematic parameters from both the impacts and the resultant fragments. A set of full scale rockfall experiments was performed in a quarry ...

    • Comparing kinematically detachable rock masses and rockfall scar volumes 

      Mavrouli, Olga Christina; Corominas Dulcet, Jordi (Institute of Physics (IOP), 2015)
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      In rockfall prone areas the evaluation of the risk due to worst case scenarios requires the establishment of maximum thresholds for the expected rockfall volumes. The magnitude of such instabilities is often related to ...

    • Comparing rockfall scar volumes and kinematically detachable rock masses 

      Corominas Dulcet, Jordi; Mavrouli, Olga Christina (2017-03)
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      Scenario-based risk assessment for rockfalls, requires assumptions for different scenarios of magnitude (volume). The magnitude of such instabilities is related to the properties of the jointed rock mass, with the ...

    • Comparing satellite based and ground based radar interferometry and field observations at the Canillo landslide (Pyrenees) 

      Corominas Dulcet, Jordi; Iglesias González, Rubén; Aguasca Solé, Alberto; Mallorquí Franquet, Jordi Joan; Fabregas Canovas, Francisco Javier; Planas, Xavier; Gili Ripoll, José Antonio (Springer, 2014)
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      The landslide of El Forn de Canillo in the Principality of Andorra is one of the largest in the Pyrenees. In 2007 a monitoring system (boreholes equipped with inclinometers, extensometers and piezometers) was set up. Between ...

    • Comparison of block size distribution in rockfalls 

      Ruiz Planas, Montserrat; Corominas Dulcet, Jordi; Mavrouli, Olga Christina (2015)
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      Rock masses detached as rockfalls usually disintegrate upon impact on the ground surface. The knowledge of the Rockfall Block Size Distribution (RBSD) generated by the propagation of the rockfall mass is required for th e ...