• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.499-511
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• 2022

In this study, a vertical drop test was carried out to identify the performance of flexible wire rope rockfall protection fence by 100 kJ rockfall energy according to ETAG 027. The flexible wire rope, which consists of wire rope and spring. is especially enhanced the elasticity and flexibility so that it can be longer elongated when the rope is impacted by rockfall compared to original wire rope, and that results longer increase of contact time between rockfall and wire rope and increase rockfall energy absorption capability and decreases rockfall impact force. The test results shows that the plastic deformation occurred in middle post and the final deflection of the middle post was 1.15 m, which is lower than 2.0 m determined by ETAG 027. This vertical test verified the flexible wire rope rockfall protection fence can successfully absorb 102.9 kJ rockfall energy.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.3 no.4
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• pp.59-66
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• 2002

Designs for rockfall protection systems must consider rock and soil types, the angle of the slope, conditions on top and the toe of the affected area. Rockfall protection fence is installed to block for falling rock from cut slopes and this is one of the most common rockfall protection measures. The capability of the fence is provided that sum of capability of poly vinyl chloride coated wire mesh, steel support and wire rope respectively. But in some case, the rockfall protection fence was not supported rockfall energy less than total capability of the fence through the full scale rockfall tests. Therefore, the objectives of this paper are to indicate the problems of fence capability and to improve the design specifications for the fence.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.275-281
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• 2014

The performance criteria of rockfall protection fence and reliability index were investigated considering characteristic of rockfall energy occurred at 160 cut slopes in national highway. As a result of study on statistic of variables that decide rockfall energy using Monte-Carlo simulation, the degree of slope was normal distribution type, mass of rockfall and height of slope was lognormal distribution type. The rockfall energy follows lognormal distribution because of statistical characteristic of mass of rockfall. The reliability index of rockfall protection fence was 0.678 and the failure probability of was very high as 24.9%. Proposed performance criteria of rockfall protection fence considering the scale of domestic rockfall energy is maximum 500 kJ and the range of reliability index was from 1.028 to 1.956. the failure probability of rockfall protection fence was from 14.8 to 2.5 percent if applying the performance criteria using the reliability index.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.33 no.5
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• pp.297-302
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• 2020

Korea has many mountainous regions, and slope collapse that can lead to damage in road facilities and loss of lives often occurs. Rockfall-protection facilities are necessary to reduce such damages. Among these facilities, the standard Korean rockfall-protection fence is designed to resist 50 kJ of rockfall impact energy. However, the range of rockfall energy significantly varies depending on the condition of the slope, and it sometimes reaches up to 100 kJ. Thus, providing several types of standardized rockfall-protection fence is necessary to address the different rockfall impact energy for efficient response to rockfalls. This paper presents a study on standardized rockfall-protection fence for various rockfall impact energy using finite-element analysis. According to the results, standardized rockfall-protection fences against rockfall impact energy of 30 and 100 kJ were proposed and have been verified.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.648-653
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• 2002

2차원 개별요소법을 이용하여 철도사면에 있어서 낙석이 발생되었을 경우 낙석에 의한 운동에너지, 위치에너지 및 마찰에 의한 에너지변화를 사면과 낙석사이의 마찰계수를 매개변수로 하여 분석하였다. 낙석의 낙하양태(미끄러짐과 회전)에 따라 변화하는 1차지면 충돌시간, 2차지면 충돌시간, 2차충돌까지의 비산거리, 1차지면 충돌 후 도약높이, 사면 운동 동안의 낙석 회전횟수 등을 구하였다.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.47-54
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• 2011

The rockfall protection fence installed to secure safety against rockfall occurring in cut slope has been designed under the condition with 50kJ of impact energy arising when the 400kg of rock block is falling from 12.5m height. However, in falling case of bigger rock block or from higher place, it is hard to be secure of safety with existing rockfall protection fence. Using the rockfall program, safety analysis for rockfall is conducted in this paper by changing slope height, separating distance from fence, and slope angle, according to rock block sizes. In the result of analysis, when a 400kg of rock block which is designed load is fallen, the existing rockfall protection fence with 2.5m height can secure most of rock fall except some cases for the slope having 20m or less hight, whereas for more than 20m height, the fallen rock is frequently splattered over the rockfall protection fence, as well as the impact energy of rockfall may exceed designed impact energy. Therefore, in the design of rock fence, it is considered appropriate to design that after conducting safety review for rockfall according to the ground conditions, evaluating the bounce height and impact energy of rock fall, and then installing appropriate rockfall protection fence would be applicable rather than just following standards based design drawing.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.21 no.12
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• pp.17-21
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• 2020

Over 60% of South Korea's land consists of mountainous topography, and recently, due to earthquakes, localized heavy rains and road development, the risks of rockfalls are getting higher. As of now, rockfall prevention facilities are being constructed in 70% of Korean roads cut slope and rockfall protections account for about 20% of them. Rockfall protection's supporting capacity is defined by combining performance of wire mesh, pillars and wire ropes. For the existing constructed rockfall protection, standards of pillars that can absorb 48~61 kJ amount of energy, wire ropes and wire mesh are presented in Guidelines for the installation and management of traffic safety facilities, Rockfall prevention facilities by Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs (2008). However, each factor's correlation of absorption energy is not presented so it is uncertain. This study will conduct vertical drop test and identify adequacy of rockfall protection net of displacement quantity calculation factor which is delta and evaluate rockfall protection net's absorbable energy through standards of overseas performance evaluation criteria.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.214-224
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• 2003

현재 국내에서 사용중인 낙석방지용 울타리는 낙석의 낙하운동에너지를 낙석방지망과 와이어 로프 및 지주에 의한 결합으로 흡수하는 역할을 하고 있으며 이중 와이어로프는 커다란 인장강도로 인하여 대형 낙석의 도로유입을 차단하는 중요한 역할을 하고 있다. 정력학적 관점에서는 와이어 로프는 인장강도가 큰 이유로 인하여 큰 하중을 지지할 수 있으나 그 변형량이 제한되는 이유로 인하여 낙석의 운동에너지를 흡수하는 측면에서 효율성이 저하되는 것이 일반적인 특성이다.(중략)

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.35-45
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• 2005

The rockfall protection fence is one of the most common rockfall protection methods in Korea. The typical rockfall protection fence consists mainly of three parts ; H-beam supports, wire meshes, and wire ropes. The design of the rockfall protection fence is made such that the total energy absorbing capacity of the fence. Therefore, resulting from the combined energy absorbing capacity of the three parts is larger than the falling energy of rocks. In present study, a new rockfall protection fence, constructed using expanded metals instead of the existing wire rope and wire mesh for the typical type of rockfall protection fence, was evaluated on its performance by conducting both laboratory and field tests. Also, for a comparison, the same tests were performed on the typical rockfall protection fence. The test results revealed that the expanded material is an economic alternative to the existing protection materials and the expanded metal rockfall protection fence exhibits the higher energy absorbing capacity compared to that of the typical rockfall protection fence.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.25-36
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• 2023

In Korea, the rockfall prevention fence is designed with 50kJ of rockfall kinetic energy in order to prevent damages such as falling rocks and landslides. In the case of rockfall kinetic energy, it is highly dependent on the shape of the slope on which it occurs. As a previous study, a fence performance evaluation was conducted for 100kJ rockfall impact energy using ETAG 27. However, previous studies have focused on newly installed rockfall prevention fences. In this study, a reinforcing materials was installed on the existing rockfall prevention fence through numerical analysis, and the structural performance of the high-strength rockfall prevention fence capable of defending against 120kJ of rockfall kinetic energy was evaluated.