NEW: reinforced concrete retaining wall by Farcimar

Such success is due to the system of FRAGILITY DIRECTED which allows the use of panels (in reinforced concrete) with great height and substantial advantages in mounting and performance.

ADVANTAGES OF MOUNTING

•High performance;

•Greater independence with movement of lands (landfill);

•Facility, speed and perfection without effort;

•Largest economy.

ADVANTAGES OF PERFORMANCE

•Doesn’t require foundations;

•Possibility to reach superior heights of 20 mts;

•Better behaviour in soils of low quality;

•Better seismic behaviour;

•Aptitude for flood works;

•Better landfill control.

Reinforced Earth “Fragility directed” walls are defined as handling facilities, composed by the following elements:

•Facing composed at least by an important inferior range of plates / panels with lines of fragility (preferably fracture) providing simultaneous monolithic and deformalism;

•Wall footing and “sustaining wedge” in low capacity regular concrete;

•Landfilling soils selected with granular material following the technical requirements;

•Galvanized steel reinforcement (flat or ribbed) disposed in horizontal layers and fixed by one of its extremes to the facing;

•Separator elements and firm joint devices although flexible between the plates of facing;

•Geotextil blades disposed on the wall-backing joint.