Maccaferri Gabions are an Engineered Product developed from extensive research combined with over 120 years of experience including :
• Material Properties Research - Steel, PVC.
• Wire size and Mesh configuration analysis
• Full scale testing and modeling
• Shear, compression, bending
• Mesh strength, pullout
• Hydraulic, rocksize, Reno Mattress
• Design methods using conventional Engineering principles
• Development of Practical Construction techniques
• Computeer Design Software
Combining these Design methods, material properties and research, Maccaferri developed software packages to ensure :
• Fast, consistent results
• Comprehensive analysis
• Ease of use
• Economical design
• Flexible design parameters
The following software packages will be discussed including a design example :
