GABION PROS

MSE MSE Shear Slope System™

The MSE Shear Slope System™ is a mechanically reinforced gabion wall fabricated from a continuous double twisted PVC coated wire mesh that makes up the gabion basket facing and the mesh reinforcement panel. The monolithic design of the MSE Shear Slope System allows the mesh reinforcement and the gabion wall face to offer porosity, strength, durability, and flexibility. Each unit should be placed in the direction of maximum strength, which is the direction the mesh is woven, lying parallel to the direction of soil stress. See examples below

Typical MSE Shear Slope System™ gabion basket

Typical design of a 15 ft above grade MSE Wall

EXAMPLE DRAWINGS

applications & advantages

COMMON APPLICATIONS

Retaining Walls
Stream Bank Protection
Slope Reinforcement
Slope Stabilization
Slide Repair
Headwalls & Wing Walls

ADVANTAGES

The MSE Shear Slope System™ utilizes the double twisted or welded wire gabion mesh to provide the reinforcement in the horizontal plane. This mesh offers friction on the surface of the wire combined with the mechanical interlocking properties of the geogrid material.
The MSE Shear Slope System™ requires minimal foundation preparation. Typically, if the bearing capacity of the founding soil is adequate, it can be placed directly on graded soil
The MSE Shear Slope System™ may not require any additional drainage provisions to relieve hydrostatic pressure behind the gabion wall facing. The gabion wall is filled with 4”-8” durable stone that will provide a porosity of 25%-30%.

MSE SHEAR SLOPE SYSTEM™ gabions & reinforced retaining WALLS

MSE MSE Shear Slope System™

INSTALLATION DETAILS

STEP 1 FIRST COURSE

STEP 2 BACK FILL AND COMPACT SOIL

STEP 3 REPEAT STEP 2

installation details

completed wall isometric

applications & advantages

COMMON APPLICATIONS

ADVANTAGES