EnGeoModels - Monitoring and Modelling in Engineering Geology
El grup fa recerca en l’anàlisi, monitorització i modelització en enginyeria geològica, especialment l’anàlisi de les característiques i comportament dels massissos rocosos i l’avaluació de riscos geològics. Les principals línies de recerca són: 1) captura remota de dades geològiques; 2) construcció de models 3D del terreny; 3) caracterització, monitorització i modelització de la ruptura de massissos rocosos i de formacions superficials (en particular, esllavissades, fluxos torrencials i despreniments rocosos); 4) avaluació de a perillositat, vulnerabilitat i el risc; i 5) desenvolupament de sistemes d’alerta primerenca i d’alarma de fenòmens d’origen geològic.
El grupo realiza investigación en el análisis, auscultación y modelización en ingeniería geológica, especialmente el análisis de las características y el comportamiento de macizos rocosos y la evaluación de riesgos geológicos. Las principales líneas de investigación son: 1) captura remota de datos geológicos; 2) modelización 3D de la estructura geológica del terreno; 3) caracterización, auscultación y modelización de los mecanismos de rotura de macizos rocosos y formaciones superficiales (en particular, deslizamientos, flujos torrenciales y desprendimientos rocosos); 4) evaluación de la peligrosidad, vulnerabilidad y riesgo; 5) desarrollo de sistemas de alerta temprana y alarma de fenómenos de origen geológico.
The group performs research on the analysis, monitoring, and modelling in engineering geology focussing on the analysis of the characteristics and behaviour of the rock masses, and on the evaluation of geological risks. The main research interest is: 1) application of remote sensing techniques for the capture of geological data; 2) 3D modelling of the ground; 3) characterization, monitoring and modelling of failure mechanisms of the rock masses and surficial formations (particularly, landslides, torrential processes, and rockfalls); 4) hazard, vulnerability and risk assessment; 5) design of early warning and alarm systems of geological processes.
The group performs research on the analysis, monitoring, and modelling in engineering geology focussing on the analysis of the characteristics and behaviour of the rock masses, and on the evaluation of geological risks. The main research interest is: 1) application of remote sensing techniques for the capture of geological data; 2) 3D modelling of the ground; 3) characterization, monitoring and modelling of failure mechanisms of the rock masses and surficial formations (particularly, landslides, torrential processes, and rockfalls); 4) hazard, vulnerability and risk assessment; 5) design of early warning and alarm systems of geological processes.
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Rockfalls: analysis of the block fragmentation through field experiments
(2022-05)
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Open AccessFragmentation is a common feature of rockfall that exerts a strong control on the trajectories of the generated blocks, the impact energies, and the runout. In this paper, we present a set of four real-scale rockfall tests ... -
Capturing rockfall kinematic and fragmentation parameters using high-speed camera system
(2022-06-05)
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Open AccessThis 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 ... -
Application of a fuzzy verification framework for the evaluation of a regional-scale landslide early warning system during the January 2020 Gloria storm in Catalonia (NE Spain)
(2022-03-22)
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Open AccessThe Gloria storm rainfalls affected Catalonia from 20 to 23 January 2020 and triggered multiple landslides, some of which affected buildings and infrastructures (such as roads and railways). This paper presents the rainfall ... -
A Framework to Project Future Rainfall Scenarios: An Application to Shallow Landslide-Triggering Summer Rainfall in Wanzhou County China
(2022-03-01)
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Open AccessFatal landslides are a widespread geohazard that have affected millions of people and have claimed the lives of thousands around the globe. A change in climate has significantly increased the frequency and magnitude of ... -
Drone-based identification of erosive processes in open-pit mining restored areas
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2022-02)
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Open AccessUnmanned Aerial Systems, or drones, are very helpful tools for managing open-pit mining operations and developing ecological restoration activities. This article presents a method for identifying water erosion processes ... -
Impacts of future climate and land cover changes on landslide susceptibility: regional scale modelling in the Val d’Aran region (Pyrenees, Spain)
(2022-01)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyIt is widely accepted that future environmental changes will affect rainfall-induced shallow slides in high-mountain areas. In this study, the Val d’Aran region located in the Central Pyrenees was selected to analyze and ... -
Documenting rock mass failure with UAV during an emergency phase: Castell de Mur case study
(2021)
Conference lecture
Restricted access - publisher's policyThe understanding of the conditioning factors and of the mechanisms involved in rockfalls are requirements for a successful risk assessment and for the prevention of future events. In that respect, the detailed documentation ... -
Monitoring of rainfall and soil moisture at the Rebaixader catchment (Central Pyrenees)
(2021-05)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyThe instrumental monitoring of torrential catchments is a fundamental research task that provides necessary information to improve our understanding of the mechanisms of debris flows. While most monitoring sites include ... -
Fast physically-based model for rainfall-induced landslide susceptibility assessment at regional scale
(2021-06-01)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyRainfall-induced landslides represent an important threat in mountainous areas. Therefore, a physically-based model called “Fast Shallow Landslide Assessment Model” (FSLAM) was developed to calculate large areas (>100 km2 ... -
Influencia de los modelos 3D en la determinación de familias de discontinuidades en macizos rocosos
(Departamento de Cultura y Política Lingüística del País Vasco, 2021)
Conference report
Open AccessEl uso de técnicas geomáticas y modelos 3D del terreno en el estudio de riesgos naturales se ha incrementado notablemente en las últimas décadas. En este trabajo nos centramos en la caracterización de discontinuidades del ... -
RocExs 2017 field trip: rockfall risk management in the Montserrat massif
(International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), 2017)
Part of book or chapter of book
Open AccessThis field trip has been devised as the closure of this sixth edition of the RocExs workshop, on the Wednesday May 24th. According to the purposes of this interdisciplinary meeting, most of the suggested topics for the ... -
Laboratory test to study the effect of comminution in rockfalls
(2021)
Conference lecture
Restricted access - publisher's policyFragmentation in rockfalls reduces the size of the blocks and increases the number of fragments. It affects the runout and the impact energies, having implications in the associated hazard and therefore in the subsequent ...
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