SNS flexible steel wire Slope Stabilisation Mesh boulder netting

The high-tensile mesh slope stabilisation system (boulder netting, flexible facing) stabilises steep, weathered slopes in place of concrete and shotcrete constructions and conventional net systems: After cleaning, leveling and profiling the surface, the  high-tensile steel wire mesh can be pretensioned on the slope at a defined force using soil or rock nails and spike plates. The mesh adapts to the topography and so prevents not only slides and deformations, but also breakouts.

Benefits

compared with supporting walls, shotcrete, wire rope nets, heavy square mesh nets and reinforced hexagonal meshes:

system dimensioning is measurable

freely selectable anchor points

fast installation over large areas

practically invisible when the vegetation establishes

CO2 footprint is significantly better than with shotcrete

Components

The system consists of four main components that are carefully coordinated with each other:

high-tensile steel wire mesh

 spike plates

connection clips

Soil or rock nails

Dimensioning

With our dimensioning concept, the optimal forces at the anchor points can be determined as a function of the geotechnical parameters, to provide the static verification for the overall system. The relevant software is available on request.