Journal
LANDSLIDES
Volume 20, Issue 3, Pages 601-614Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-022-02008-0
Keywords
Rockfall; Kinematic characteristic; Rockfall trajectory; Flat boulder; Zagunao Valley
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On June 28th, 2020, a rockfall occurred in Sima Village, Zagunao Valley on the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau during the rainy season. The study analyzed the kinematic characteristics of the rockfall using field investigation, video frame analysis, and numerical simulation. The results showed that the motion process of the rock involved sliding controlled by structural planes on the slope, with stages of bouncing, rolling, river-crossing, and halting. The numerical simulation provided essential parameters for protective design, including maximum velocity, kinetic energy, and jump height.
On June 28th, 2020, during the rainy season, a rockfall occurred at Sima Village in Zagunao Valley on the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. The kinematic characteristics of rockfall were studied through a detailed field investigation, video frame analysis, and numerical simulation. The motion process of a flat boulder with a volume of 56 m(3) was recorded by a mobile phone camera, and the video provides critical information for tracking and analyzing the motion of the boulder. The results show that the failure mode was a sliding controlled by three sets of structural planes on the slope. The entire motion process of the flat boulder is characterized by bouncing, rolling, river-crossing, and halting stages, respectively. The video of the flat boulder shows its rotational motion along the minor axis, much like a rolling wheel. The numerical simulation indicates that the potential threat section of Xuemeng Road at Sima Village was about 260 m. For the boulders that passed the threat section along the road, the maximum velocity was 26.8 m/s, the maximum kinetic energy was 7.3 x 10(4) kJ, and the maximum jump height was 6.7 m. The kinetic energy and jump height analyses provide essential parameters for protective design. In addition to active and passive protection measurements for mitigating future events in the Sima rockfall zone, drainage measures in the upper catchment area would effectively reduce the erosion effect of slope runoff on gullies.
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