Rockfall catchment area design guide : metric edition : appendices.
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2001-12-01
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Abstract:The appendices belong to "Rockfall catchment area design guide : metric edition".
The data gathered from an exhaustive research project consisting of rolling a total of approximately 11,250 rocks off vertical; 4V:1H;2V;1H;1.33V:1H;1.0V:1.0H slopes of three different heights (12.2, 18.3, and 24.4 meters) into three differently inclined catchment areas (flat, 1V:6H and 1V:4H) has been used to develop design charts for dimensioning rockfall catchment areas adjacent to highways. A standard suite of 250 rocks was rolled for each slope and catchment area configuration tested. The standard suite included 100 rocks averaging 0.3 meters in diameter, 75 rocks averaging 0.6 meters in diameter and 75 rocks averaging 0.9 meters in diameter. The data was evaluated using statistical and graphical methods. The design charts are presented in a “practitioner-friendly” form that can be used to rapidly size rockfall catchment areas that satisfy specific rock catching/retention requirements. Based on cut slope angle and height and catchment area slope, the design charts estimate the catchment area widths required to retain a given percentage of rockfall ranging up to 99 percent.
Design guidelines and step-by-step design procedures are presented and illustrated with three worked example design problems. Seven actual highway project case study examples are also presented. They illustrate the practical application of the design procedure and design charts and/or use of site-specific rock rolling to aid in the rockfall mitigation design.
This report documents the test methods, the fieldwork performed, the data gathered, the means of analysis, the research results and sample application of the design charts. The data results in both tabular and graphical form are included in the Appendices. The Appendices also include the detailed project case study application examples.
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