Research Article

Comparative Study on Mechanical Properties of a Tube-Crushing Dissipator and a Symmetric Tube-Crushing Dissipator

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The most widely used dissipators in rockfall engineering. (a) Ring brake. (b) Double-U ring brake [6]. (c) U-shape dissipator. (d) Metal-tube-crushing dissipator.
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