ABSTRACT
The anthropization of mountainous regions raises the problem of infrastructures (roads, railways, industrial areas . . .) and inhabitants’ protection against risk of rockfall. Zones defined as potentially risky, can be protected with civil engineering structures placed upward to stop or deviate the trajectory of a falling rock. Among structures protections, the dams (embankments) and cushions covering rock sheds, benefit from the capacity of geomaterials to absorb energy and distribute loading through the structure.
