Seismic rockfall risk assessments and mitigation strategies for transportation infrastructure in high-risk regions
Abstract Infrastructure-sustaining transportation networks face substantial risk from seismic rockfalls in high-seismic zones because these incidents create barriers to roads and railways while damaging tunnels. The detachment of rock masses occurs mainly because of ground shaking along with topogra...
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer
2025-06-01
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| Series: | Discover Geoscience |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s44288-025-00182-x |
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| Summary: | Abstract Infrastructure-sustaining transportation networks face substantial risk from seismic rockfalls in high-seismic zones because these incidents create barriers to roads and railways while damaging tunnels. The detachment of rock masses occurs mainly because of ground shaking along with topographic amplification and natural geological weaknesses. Infrastructure resistance depends strongly on having effective procedures to assess hazards and implement protective strategies because these events show unpredictable patterns. This paper reviews contemporary rockfall hazard evaluation methods while studying risk assessment structures and presenting examples of quake-proof mitigation practices in transportation systems. The research examined a comprehensive collection of studies, which included peer-reviewed publications combined with case reports and engineering analyses dedicated to rockfall processes and hazard evaluation frameworks with risk component measurement methods and defence strategies assessment. The research focused only on transportation case studies, seismic modelling methods, and applied protection techniques during selection. Case studies demonstrate that combination protection plans using flexible barriers with rock bolting technology and artificial intelligence monitoring systems provide protective results. The main failures in mitigation operations develop because of misjudged seismic forces, as well as insufficient maintenance practices and insufficient adaptive hazard evaluation systems. Putting in place proactive technology-based solutions stands as a vital method to resolve seismic rockfall challenges. To enhance engineering platforms for areas of high seismicity as well as to improve multi-hazard evaluation models, future research should construct AI-based warning systems. |
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| ISSN: | 2948-1589 |