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CONTINUOUS GABION [1 record]

Record 1 1987-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Civil Engineering
  • Foundation Engineering
DEF

A steel wire-mesh basket about 6 m by 2 m, by 30 cm deep, containing 70 kg stones, linked to others each side of it and thus protecting a silt bank from erosion.

Key term(s)
  • gabion

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie civil
  • Technique des fondations
DEF

Mur formé de cubes grillagés emplis de blocs de carrière ou de blocs d'alluvions, réalisant un massif de butée autodrainant, en pied de glissement (de même que les massifs de butée en enrochements).

OBS

Gabion : Claie grillagée de forme parallélépipédique, qu'on remplit de cailloux avant de la fermer. Mis bout à bout et éventuellement empilés les uns sur les autres, ces gabions sont utilisés en protection des berges et des culées de pont, à l'établissement de batardeaux et à la constitution de murs de soutènement.

Key term(s)
  • gabion

Spanish

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