GABION RETAINING WALL Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: hydraulic structures, particularly for river or channel banks and slopes consolidation.

SUBSTANCE: wall includes gabions formed of net and stones and laid in rows. Gabions are made as parabolic cylinders oriented transversely or along flow direction and connected one to another so that gabion ridges of upper layers are offset relative that of lower ones to which they are connected. Parabola in the base of parabolic cylinder is described by the following equation: Y = (4·h_g·X²)/B_g , where X and Y are parabola abscissa and ordinate, h_g and B_g are correspondingly gabion width and height, here B_g = (2 - 4) h_g. In particular cases net may have different shapes of its cross-section, namely trapezoidal with expanded base, stepped with decreasing steps width in upward direction, T-shaped with shoulder oriented downwards and forming foundation or L-shaped.

EFFECT: increased load bearing capacity, reduced cost for foundation building.

5 cl, 10 dwg