Gabion mesh is an ecological lattice layout. Originating from the bamboo cages used in China over 2,000 years ago, it has now successfully been applied as a new type of ecological lattice layout, incorporating new technology, skills, and materials, in hydraulic engineering, road, railway projects, and embankment maintenance. It effectively integrates engineering layout with ecological environment. Compared with some traditional rigid layouts, it has its own advantages, thus becoming a layout type for comprehensive environmental maintenance, including riverbed maintenance, slope management, prevention of mud and stone flows, and rockfall avoidance. The English term for gabion mesh is "gabion."
The gabion mesh is made from high-corrosion-resistant, high-tensile, and ductile low-carbon steel wire, possibly coated with PVC, which is woven mechanically. The diameter of the low-carbon steel wire used complies with ASTM A 975 and EN10223 standards and varies according to engineering design requirements, generally ranging from 2.0 to 4.0 mm. The tensile strength of the wire is not less than 38 kg/m², and the metal coating weight is typically above 245 g/m². The diameter of the edge line of the gabion mesh is usually larger than the wire diameter. The length of the double twisted section must not be less than 50 mm to ensure that the metal and PVC coatings on the twisted section wires are not damaged.
Product Usage Analysis:
This layout is suitable for slope support, foundation pit support, rock face meshing and shotcrete for mountains, slope vegetation (aesthetic improvement), and railway and highway barrier nets. It can also be made into boxes and pads, used for erosion control and maintenance of rivers, embankments, and sea dikes, as well as for containment nets in reservoirs and river crossings.
● Controlling and guiding rivers and floods - The severe disaster of rivers is the erosion of the riverbank, causing numerous floods that result in significant losses of life, property, and soil erosion. Therefore, the use of the ecological netting layout is one of the solutions for dealing with these issues, as it ensures the **perpetual maintenance** of the riverbed and riverbank.
● Ecological River Treatment with Stone笼Net
Approaches to construction involve the stability of slopes and riverbeds. Therefore, the use of ecological mesh layouts, which have been the primary method for many natural river modifications and artificial channel excavations over the past century, is chosen. It provides effective **erosion control** for riverbanks or riverbeds, and it also functions to control water flow and prevent water loss, particularly in environmental protection and maintaining water quality, yielding **significant** benefits.
● Gabion mesh slope protection and revetment
The layout of ecological mesh has been a successful model in riverbank protection and slope foot defense, fully utilizing the advantages of the ecological mesh to achieve ambitions that other methods cannot accomplish.