Scaling laws for rockfall impact fragmentation emerging from diverse lithologies
Date Issued
2026-05
Author(s) USM
DOI
10.1038/s41598-026-52503-w
Abstract
Impact-induced fragmentation is a fundamental dissipative process in geosciences, yet its stochastic nature makes predicting debris evolution a persistent challenge. Here, we introduce a discrete element framework to resolve fragmentation mechanics across
