Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Date
02 Jun 1993, 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Abstract
The paper spotlights the dynamics of rockfalls and debrisflows in Sri Lanka in the backdrop of some recent examples and discusses the appropriateness of simple energy dissipation systems in situations where source of rockfall is either intractable or difficult to arrest. The question of runout of rockfalls usually significant in the assessment of their damage potential is also discussed and importance of such estimate is highlighted in the context of landslide hazard zonation mapping.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
3rd Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1993 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Bhandari, R. K.; Jeyatharan, K.; and Raviskanthan, A., "Dynamics of Rockfalls in Sri Lanka and Landslide Hazards" (1993). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 11.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/3icchge/3icchge-session02/11
Dynamics of Rockfalls in Sri Lanka and Landslide Hazards
St. Louis, Missouri
The paper spotlights the dynamics of rockfalls and debrisflows in Sri Lanka in the backdrop of some recent examples and discusses the appropriateness of simple energy dissipation systems in situations where source of rockfall is either intractable or difficult to arrest. The question of runout of rockfalls usually significant in the assessment of their damage potential is also discussed and importance of such estimate is highlighted in the context of landslide hazard zonation mapping.
