Gabion mesh is made of low-carbon steel wire with high corrosion resistance, high strength and ductility or the above steel wire coated with PVC, which is woven mechanically. The box-shaped structure made of this mesh is the gabion mesh box.
According to ASTM and EN standards, the diameter of the low-carbon steel wire used varies according to the engineering design requirements. Generally, it is between 2.0-4.0mm. The tensile strength of the gabion mesh steel wire is not less than 38kg/m2, the weight of the metal coating is generally higher than 245g/m2, and the edge wire diameter of the gabion mesh is generally larger than the mesh wire diameter. The length of the double-wire twisted part shall not be less than 50mm to ensure that the metal coating and PVC coating of the twisted part of the steel wire are not damaged.
Features
1. The flexible structure can adapt to the changes of the slope without being destroyed, and has better safety and stability than the rigid structure;
2. It has strong anti-scouring ability and can withstand a water flow speed of up to 6m/s;
3. The structure is essentially permeable, and has a strong tolerance for the natural action and filtration of groundwater. The suspended matter and silt in the water can be settled in the stone filling cracks, which is conducive to the growth of natural plants and gradually restores the original ecological environment.
Advantages
1. The flexible structure can adapt to the changes of the slope without being destroyed, and has better safety and stability than the rigid structure.
2. It has strong anti-scouring ability and can withstand a water flow speed of up to 6m/s.
3. The structure is essentially permeable, and has a strong tolerance for the natural action and filtration of groundwater. The suspended matter and silt in the water can be settled in the stone filling cracks, which is conducive to the growth of natural plants and gradually restores the original ecological environment.
Gabion net bags are made of single-layer mesh sheets. Its mesh, wire, galvanized and PVC coating properties are the same as those of the mesh box. This product can put stones of various shapes and sizes into the alloy mesh bag to form a flexible whole, which can be transported to the designated place by hoisting, car or ship, and the alloy mesh bags can be connected to each other to form a larger whole. It is convenient, fast and efficient during construction and has good economic performance.
Applications
Gabion mesh can be used for slope support, foundation pit support, mountain rock surface mesh spraying, slope vegetation (greening), railway and highway isolation and protection nets. It can also be made into boxes and mesh mats for anti-scouring protection of rivers, dams and seawalls, and mesh boxes for reservoirs and river interception. The most serious disaster of rivers is the destruction of river banks by water flow, which causes flooding, resulting in a large loss of life and property and a large amount of soil and water loss. Therefore, when dealing with the above problems, the application of this ecological grid structure becomes one of the best solutions, which can protect the riverbed and riverbank for a long time.
1. Control and guide rivers and floods
The most serious disaster of rivers is that water scours the river bank and destroys it, causing floods, resulting in heavy losses of life and property and a large amount of soil and water loss. Therefore, when dealing with the above problems, the application of the ecological grid structure becomes one of the best solutions, which can protect the riverbed and riverbank for a long time.
2. Channel canal riverbed
The construction of the channel involves the stability of the slope and riverbed. Therefore, the selection of the ecological grid structure has been the main method used in many natural river reconstructions and artificial channel excavations over the past century. It can effectively protect the riverbank or riverbed, and it also has the function of controlling the flow of water and preventing water loss, especially in environmental protection and water quality maintenance, and has a good effect.
3. Bank protection and slope protection
The application of the ecological grid structure in river bank protection and its slope foot protection is a very successful example. It gives full play to the advantages of the ecological grid and achieves ideal results that other methods cannot achieve.
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Fever L.//SMC Editor