Gabion
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A gabion is a cage, cylinder, or cube, typically mesh, filled with solid material suitable to use in various civil engineering and military applications. Ballasts include rocks, sand, soil, used tires
An inclined stacked wall of gabions supporting a multilane roadway near Sveti Rok, Croatia
Gabions as X-ray protection during customs inspection
Mattress gabions protecting a bank
Gabions stepped with the slope as a bridge abutment
Cellular confinement
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Cellular confinement systems are widely used in construction for erosion control, soil stabilization on flat ground and steep slopes, channel protection, and structural reinforcement for load support
Gabion
…forces. This has led to the use of recycled materials such as used tires and ballast from railway tracks to fill some rockfall protection embankments. Cellular confinement – Confinement system used in construction and geotechnical engineering, a small-scale mattress gabion used for roads, retaining walls, and protective…
Wood matrix after installation in Wrangell–St. Elias Park in Alaska
Geocell materials
Filling a geocell envelope with earth to make a temporary barrier wall