Geobrugg | 2011: World record - 20 metric tons rockfall impact stopped @geobrugg | Uploaded October 2011 | Updated October 2024, 4 minutes ago.
RXE-8000 rockfall barrier stops a boulder of 20 metric tons in a free fall of 43 meters in Geobrugg's test facility Walenstadt, Switzerland.

See also our test in 2017 youtu.be/Ix_DGYT2M3I

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2012 benchmark data:

- Free falling 43 m = 103 km/h
- Impact energy 8000 kJ
- 8.5 meters barrier deflection
- 85 % residual barrier height
- Almost 100 % height in adjacent field

MEL maximum energy level test in accordance with ETAG-027 guidelines
Testing body Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL - October 2011 - Vertical test facility Walenstadt, Switzerland

Geobrugg AG, Geohazard Solutions, Romanshorn / Switzerland
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