Technical Specifications
Project Settings
- Select from Lumped Mass and Rigid Body Methods
- Scale normal coefficient of restitution by rock mass or impact velocity
- Psuedo-random number generation for repeatable results
- Advanced simulation settings
Lumped Mass Method
- Models each rock as a particle with only mass
- Models impacts using both normal and tangential coefficients of restitution
- Models pseudo-rotation
- Models sliding using friction angle
Rigid Body Method
- Define rock shape, size, and mass:
- Polygonal rock shapes and smooth shapes
- Custom Polygon rock shapes
- Models sliding and rolling with dynamic coefficients of friction and rolling friction
- Variable friction with sliding distance
- Viscoplastic ground drag
- Forest damping for vegetated slopes
- Variable slope roughness
Seeders
- Specify rock source locations using point seeders, point seeder series, and line seeders
- Unlimited number of rock source locations
- Probability settings for seeder starting velocities and rotations
- Pseudo-random number generation
Slope
- No restrictions on slope geometry (e.g., overhanging sections)
- Statistically defined material properties
- Model crest loss
- Statistically defined slope vertices
- Import/export material properties
- Import .dxf, .crsp (version 3 & 4) files
- Define slope based on segment lengths and angles
Enhanced Barrier Analysis
- Unlimited number of barriers
- Single variable barrier sensitivity analysis
- Double variable barrier sensitivity analysis
- Reusable barrier properties
- Built-in library includes Maccaferri, Trumer-Schutzbauten, Geobrugg, PFEIFER Protective Structures and RISP barriers
- Custom barriers
- Check barrier designs per Italian, Austrian codes or Non-factored method
Earthen Berms
- Triangular, trapezoidal, or custom berm shapes
- Calculate impact with berms or specify berms with infinite capacities
Data Collectors
- Gather information/statistics at any location
Filters
- Define advanced filters based on combinations of criteria
- Filter rock paths to create statistics/graphs
Graphs Produced
- Histogram of rock endpoint locations
- Plot max, mean, and/or percentile graphs (energy, velocity, bounce height, etc.) along slope
- Distribution graphs show the distribution of bounce heights, energies, etc. at specific locations (same data as envelope graphs)
- Create histograms or cumulative distributions for specific locations (impact locations, energy, etc.)
- Toggle end reasons, seeders, rock types, and rock shapes added to Endpoint location, envelope, and distribution graphs
- Group plots of runout distances and barrier impacts for slope sections batch exported from RocFall3
Output
- Copy graphs/plots to clipboard
- Transfer plots to Excel with one click
- Add property tables to the model view
- Export slope, rock paths, barriers, collectors, and berms to .dxf format
- Copy geometry/parameters to clipboard
- Advanced report generation
- Save screen to image file or capture to clipboard
- Slope and slope/chart views are easily added
- Animate rockfall trajectories
- Display contact points
- Save computed paths
Report Generator
- Adding views to your Report
- Adding barrier design reports to your Report
- Print report or export to PDF's
Common Material Type Libraries
- Table of coefficients of restitution included
- Table of coefficients of friction included
- Table of rock densities