Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP160103140
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Fragmentation of rocks upon impact. The project aims to create a new understanding of how rocks fragment upon impact to allow more realistic predictions of rockfall hazards. Rockfall results in loss of human life, damage to infrastructure and economic loss; each year in Australia, millions of dollars are spent on rockfall protection. To mitigate rockfall risk, it is important to understand and predict how blocks break as they fall down a slope. Unfortunately, there is limited data and knowledge on this phenomenon. This project aims to produce a comprehensive, high-quality database of fragmentation events and develop an innovative fragmentation model that can be included in existing rockfall codes. This project is expected to lead to optimised and cost-effective rockfall barrier protection measures.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 02-2016
End Date: 12-2019
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $460,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Civil Engineering | Civil Geotechnical Engineering
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Natural Hazards in Mountain and High Country Environments | Natural Hazards in Mining Environments | Natural Hazards in Coastal and Estuarine Environments |
