3D assessment of rockfall hazard and risk mitigation

RocPro3D related scientific publications

Akin M., Dinçer İ., Orhan A., Varol O.O. (2025). A comparative study on rockfall block motion characteristics using 3-D and 2-D rockfall simulations: a case study from Cappadocia (Mazı, Türkiye). Nat. Hazards, 121, 2265–2291. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-024-06905-6

Raibaut F., Ivanez O., Douthe C., Barry B. (2025). Rockfalls trajectography: 3D models predictive capability assessment and coefficients calibration using optimization-based processes. Eng. Geol., 348. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2025.107937

Wu M., Luo G., Hu X., Bi Y., Wang Y., Ma N. (2025). Dynamic fragmentation analysis of potential rockfall hazards at Zixia hydropower dam, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrmge.2024.12.005

Angın Z., Karahasan O.Ş. (2024). Evaluation of the Performance of Gabion Walls as a High-Energy Rockfall Protection System Using 3D Numerical Analysis: A Case Study. Appl. Sci., 14(6), 2360. https://doi.org/10.3390/app14062360

Barnichon J.D., Chautard C. (2024). Modelling a rockfall field experiment using the stochastic RocPro3D software: effects of the DTM resolution. In: XIVth International Symposium on Landslides, Book of Abstracts, 157–160. ISBN 978-2-9585706-1-3. https://isl2024.com

Lakherwal M., Dhiman R.K., Thakur M., Kumar M. (2024). Kinematic assessment of a rockfall disaster: a case study from Batseri Village, Sangla Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India. Landslides, 21, 1603–1616. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-024-02228-6

Lelli F., De Rosa L., Simeoni L., Ronchetti F., Critelli V., Corsini A. (2024). Rockfalls risk assessment along a E45 motorway section in South Tyrol (Italy). EGU24. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphee-egu24-15711

Li Y., Jiang N., Chen J., Chen S., Yang Y., Zhou J. (2024). A quantitative optimization method for rockfall passive nets on high-steep slopes: case study of the Feishuiyan slope. Landslides, 21, 1987-2006. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-024-02265-1

Ye P., Yu B., Chen W., Feng Y., Zhou H., Luo X., Zhang F. (2024). Fracture characterization based on data fusion technology and its application in rockfall hazard assessment. Environmental Earth Sciences, 84, 208. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-024-11517-1

Zhao L., Jin C., Zhao B., Huang D., Zhu Z., Zuo S. (2024). A method for setting up passive protective nets for rockfalls based on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) photogrammetry. Bull. Eng. Geol. Environ., 83, 340. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-024-03839-y

Clemente J.A., Uriarte J.A., Spizzichino D., Faccini F., Morales T. (2023). Rockfall hazard mitigation in coastal environments using dune protection: A nature-based solution case on Barinatxe beach (Basque Coast, northern Spain). Eng. Geol., 314, 107014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2023.107014

Clemente J.A., Spizzichino D., Leoni G., Marchese A., Uriarte J.A., Morales T., Wilting R., Vojinovic Z., Faccini F. (2023). Rockfall susceptibility analysis through 3D simulations in marine protected areas of the Portofino coastline: case studies of San Fruttuoso and Paraggi bays. Bull. Geol. Environ., 82(4), 122. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-023-03133-3

Ferro E., Cemin F., De Rosa L., Corsini A., Ronchetti F., Lelli F., Vitti A., Simeoni L. (2023). GIS-Based Analysis of the Potential Effectiveness and Efficiency of Mobile Terrestrial LiDAR to Survey and Monitor Rockfall Areas Along 15 km of Highway E45. In: Ferrari, A., Rosone, M., Ziccarelli, M., Gottardi, G. (eds) Geotechnical Engineering in the Digital and Technological Innovation Era. CNRIG 2023. Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34761-0_24

Kadi F., Alper Tunga A., Ziya U. (2023). Monitoring mass movements using Network-RTK measurement technique and producing potential rockfall scenarios in a paleo-landslide area. Reports on Geodesy and Geoinformatics, 115 (1), 9‑17. https://doi.org/DOI: 10.2478/rgg-2023-0002

Xia M., Li H., Jiang N., Chen J., Zhou J. (2023). Risk Assessment and Mitigation Evaluation for Rockfall Hazards at the Diversion Tunnel Inlet Slope of Jinchuan Hydropower Station by Using Three-dimensional Terrestrial Scanning Technology. KSCE J. Civ. Eng., 27(1), 181197. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12205-022-1679-

Yang Y., Zhang Y., Teng Z., Liu P. and Qiao L. (2023). Study on movement characteristics and numerical simulation of high-altitude rockfall in babao mountain in China. Front. Earth Sci. 11:1281364. Bull. Miner. Res. Explor., 169, 87104. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.1281364

Alemdağ S., Kara R.T., Bostanci H.T. (2022). Evaluation of potential rock falls with three-dimensional analysis: Example of Oltanbey and Hasanbey districts (Gümüşhane city center). Bull. Miner. Res. Explor., 169, 87104. https://doi.org/10.19111/bulletinofmre.977928

Bounab A., El Kharim Y., El Hamdouni R. (2022). The Suitability of UAV-Derived DSMs and the Impact of DEM Resolutions on Rockfall Numerical Simulations: A Case Study of the Bouanane Active Scarp, Tétouan, Northern Morocco. Remote Sens., 14, 6205. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14246205

Hartwig M.E., Zuquette L.V. (2022). Rockfall danger and risk analysis around a granite inselberg in the Vila Velhacity (southeastern Brazil). Nat. Hazards, 114, 3309–326. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-022-05519-0

He K., Liu B., Hu X., Zhou R., Xi C., Ma G., Han M., Li Y., Luo G. (2022). Rapid Characterization of Landslide-Debris Flow Chains of Geologic Hazards Using Multi-method Investigation: Case Study of the Tiejiangwan LDC. Rock. Mech. Rock. Eng., 55, 5183–5208. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-022-02905-9

Li Y., He K., Hu X., Liu B., Zhou R., Weng Q. (2022). Formation characteristics and kinematics 3-D simulation of rockfall evolved from shattered mountain—Case study of Sanguanmiao Village rockfall in Wenchuan County. J. Eng. Geol., 30(2), 542552. http://dx.doi.org/10.13544/j.cnki.jeg.2021-0014

Akin M., Dinçer İ., Ok A.Ö., Orhan A., Akin M.K., Topal T. (2021). Assessment of the effectiveness of a rockfall ditch through 3-D probabilistic rockfall simulations and automated image processing. Eng. Geol., 283, 106001. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2021.106001

Gallo I.G., Martínez-Corbella M., Sarro R., Iovine G., López-Vinielles J., Hérnandez M., Robustelli G., Mateos R.M., García-Davalillo J.C. (2021). An integration of UAV-based photogrammetry and 3D modelling for rockfall hazard assessment: the Cárcavos case in 2018 (Spain). Remote Sens., 13(17), 3450. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13173450

He K., Li Y., Ma G., Hu X., Liu B., Ma Z., Xu Z. (2021). Failure mode analysis of post-seismic rockfall in shattered mountains exemplified by detailed investigation and numerical modelling. Landslides, 18, 425–446. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-020-01532-1

Morales T., Clemente J.A., Damas Molla L., Izagirre E., Uriarte J.A. (2021). Analysis of instabilities in the Basque Coast Geopark coastal cliffs for its environmentally friendly management (Basque-Cantabrian basin, northern Spain). Eng. Geol., 283, 106023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2021.106023

Zhang J., Li H., Yang X., Jiang N., Zhou J. (2021). Quantitative assessment of rockfall hazard in post-landslide high rock slope through terrestrial laser scanning. Bull. Eng. Geol. Environ., 80, 7315–7331. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-021-02426-9.

Jiang N., Li H., Liu M., Zhang J., Zhou J. (2020). Quantitative hazard assessment of rockfall and optimization strategy for protection systems of the Huashiya cliff, southwest China. Geomat. Nat. Hazards Risk, 11(1), 19391965. https://doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2020.1819445

Fanos A.M., Pradhan B. (2019). A novel rockfall hazard assessment using laser scanning data and 3D modelling in GIS. Catena, 172, 435450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2018.09.012

Sarro R., Riquelme A., García-Davalillo J.C., Mateos R.M., Tomás R., Pastor J.L., Cano M., Herrera G. (2018). Rockfall Simulation Based on UAV Photogrammetry Data Obtained during an Emergency Declaration: Application at a Cultural Heritage Site. Remote Sens., 10, 1923.  https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10121923 

Li L., Lan H. (2015). Probabilistic modeling of rockfall trajectories: a review. Bull. Eng. Geol. Environ., 74, 1163–1176. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-015-0718-9

Sarro R., Mateos R.M., García-Moreno I., Herrera G., Reichenbach P., Laín L., Paredes, C. (2014). The Son Poc rockfall (Mallorca, Spain) on the 6th of March 2013: 3D simulation. Landslides, 11, 493–503. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-014-0487-8

Cottaz Y., Barnichon J.D., Badertscher N., Gainon F. (2010). PiR3D, an effective and user-friendly 3D rockfall simulation software: formulation and case-study application. In Rock Slope Stability Symposium, Paris