Abstract
Secured drapery systems are composed of a steel rockfall mesh and a pattern of nails disposed with different configurations along the slope. The goal of this solution is to stabilize the superficial portion of the rock slope (by the nails) and keep in place the unstable rock material (by the mesh). The design procedure can be very complicated due to the difficulties to obtain accurate input data in order to define the geomechanical models. This paper describes a simplified design approach, which combines the in-situ evidence and the experience of designers with the results of full scale tests on mesh. The proposed calculation allows one to define the best type of mesh and the nail characteristics both at Ultimate and Serviceability Limit State.
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Grimod, A., Giacchetti, G. (2014).
Design Approach for Secured Drapery Systems.
In: Sassa, K., Canuti, P., Yin, Y. (eds) Landslide Science for a Safer Geoenvironment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04996-0_17
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