RocFall / 2019

Statistical Analysis of Rockfalls

What is RocFall?
RocFall is a 2D statistical analysis program designed
to assist with the assessment of slopes at risk for
rockfalls. RocFall allows the user to perform both
lumped mass and rigid body rockfall analyses. Users
can add rockfall mitigation tools including barriers and
earthen berms. Distributions of energy, velocity, and
bounce height, as well as the location of rock endpoints
are calculated along the slope profile. Distributions
can be graphed, and comprehensive statistics are
automatically calculated.

Earthen berms on a slope and resulting rock paths in RocFall.

What’s New in RocFall Plans & Pricing

Earthen Berms Single (Personal) License: Locked to one

computer.
Earthen berms were added to RocFall 2019 as a new rockfall mitigation
• Ownership (Perpetual): USD $1295
tool. Using the Berm Designer dialog, triangular and trapezoidal berms
Purchased outright
can be added. Furthermore, custom berms can be created by specifying
• Lease: USD $645/year
coordinates or importing coordinates from .csv or .dxf fles. Berms behave
Leased annually. Incl. maintenance & upgrades
similarly to slope materials with normal and tangential restitutions and
friction angles, or like barriers with infinite capacity. Multi (Flexible) License: Installed on any number
of machines. The license file sits on the server.
Enhanced Barrier Analysis
• Ownership (Perpetual): USD $1695
Geobrugg barriers were added to the RocFall 2019 pre-set barrier library. Purchased outright
Additional improvements were made to the barrier design dialogs. Two new • Lease: USD $1295/year
design guidelines/checks were added to RocFall 2019: Austrian guidelines Leased annually. Incl. maintenance & upgrades
(ONR 24810) and a series of unfactored checks. Impact angle plotting
was also added to barriers and collectors to further improve the program
functionality. Maintenance Plan
To get the most out of your Ownership License
Improved Import/Export Geometry Functionality of RocFall we recommend the Rocscience
Previously, import functions were limited to slopes. In RocFall 2019, all Maintenance Plan, purchased annually at 15%
geometry can be imported. Furthermore, rock paths can be exported in dxf of the license cost.
format.
With Maintenance, you get free upgrades to new
product versions. You’ll never invest in a tool
Other Improvements
without access to the latest software.
• Point seeder series
• Restore/Import/Export program preferences defaults You also get unlimited access to high-quality,
• Improved end reason tool table timely support from the technical experts at
Rocscience.

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 Technical Specifications

Slope Coefficients of Filters

• No restriction on slope geometry Restitution • Pick particular rock paths to create
(e.g. overhanging sections) • Table of coefficients of restitution statistics/graphs
• Statistically defined material included • Define advanced filters based on
properties • Table of coefficients of friction combinations of criteria
• Forest damping for treed slopes included
• Advanced friction parameters: Graphs Produced
scarring and viscous damping may Rock Starting Location • Histogram of rock endpoint
be enabled • Specify single location, point locations
• Model crest loss seeder series, and line seeders • Mean, standard deviation, max
• Statistically define slope vertices • Unlimited number of starting graphs (energy, velocity, bounce
locations height, etc.)
• Import/export material properties
• Probability settings for each • Distribution graphs show
• Import .dxf, .crsp (version 3 & 4) distribution at specific locations
seeder
files (same data as envelope graphs)
• Random/pseudo-random number
• Import .bmp images • Create histograms or cumulative
generation
• Define slope based on segment distributions for specific locations
lengths and angles (impact locations, energy etc.)
Rigid Body Method
Enhanced Barrier • Rock type library Output
Analysis • Define rock shape and size • Copy graphs/plots to clipboard
• Unlimited number of barriers • Polygonal rock shapes and Fourier • Transfer plots to Excel with one
shapes click
• Deformable barriers
• Custom polygons • Add property tables to the model
• Single variable barrier sensitivity
• Forest damping for treed slopes view
analysis
• Variable friction according to • Export rock paths to .dxf format
• Double variable barrier sensitivity
analysis sliding distance • Copy geometry/parameters to
• Viscoplastic ground drag clipboard
• Reusable barrier properties
• Advanced report generation
• Built-in library includes Maccaferri,
Trumer-Schutzbauten, and Lumped Mass Method • Save screen to images files/
Geobrugg barriers • Model each rock as a particle with captures clipboard
• Check barrier designs per Italian only mass • Slope and slope/chart views are
or Austrian codes or un-factored • Use both normal and tangential easily added
method coefficients of restitutions • Animate rockfall results
• Scale normal coefficient of • Display contact points
Earthen Berms restitution by rock mass or impact
velocity • Save computed paths
• Rockfall mitigation tool
• Triangular, trapezoidal, or custom
Data Collectors Verification
berm shapes
• Gather information/statistics at any • Extensive verification manual
• Calculate impact with berms
or specify berms with infinite location
capacities

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