COMBINED SUPPORT WALL WITH GAUZE ANCHORS Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: hydraulic structures, particularly for slope and river or channel bank consolidation.

SUBSTANCE: support wall includes gabions made of gauze and filled with stones. The gabions are laid in layers. Support wall is fastened with gauze anchors to ground embankment from another wall side. Gabions are made as parabolic cylinders connected one to another so that ridge of each upper gabion is offset relative that of previous lower ones to which above upper gabions are connected. Support wall base is protected against erosion by flexible reinforced concrete apron. The wall is covered with concrete coating from working side thereof. Gauze anchors may be continuous or discrete. Number of continuous anchors is more than one.

EFFECT: increased load-bearing capacity and reduced cost.

4 cl, 7 dwg