Gabion Basket, also is called Gabion mesh, which are galvanized steel double twisted woven wire mesh filled with stone and used for various applications including but notlimited to retaining walls, slope paving, outfall structures, weirs, drop structures and stream bank protection. The Double Twisted Hexagonal Mesh Gabion Baskets, the stone fill material used for filling the gabion units is clean, hard stone with pieces ranging from 4 - 8 inches on the greatest dimesion.
Unit Standard Sizes |
Gabion Unit Size | Capacity | No. of Internal Cells |
6x3x3 | 2.00 | 2 |
9x3x3 | 3.00 | 3 |
12x3x3 | 4.00 | 4 |
6x3x1.5 | 1.00 | 2 |
9 x3x1.5 | 1.50 | 3 |
12 x3x1.5 | 2.00 | 4 |
6x3x1 | 0.67 | 2 |
9x3x1 | 1.00 | 3 |
12x3x1 | 1.34 | 4 |
Minimum Strength Requirements of Double Twisted Mesh Gabions |
Test Description Tensile strength of wire mesh parallel to twist Tensile strength of wire mesh parallel to twist Connection to selvedges Panel to panel Punch strength of mesh | Galvanized 3500 lbs/ft 1800 lbs/ft 1400 lbs/ft 1400 lbs/ft 6000 lbs/ft | Gabion PVC Coated 2900 lbs/ft 1400 lbs/ft 1200 lbs/ft 1200 lbs/ft 5300 lbs/ft |
Material Data |
Diameter of Mesh wire is 0.120 inches Diameter of Selvedge wire is 0.153 inches Diameter of Lacing Wire is 0.091 inches Coating of wire is a finish 5 class 3 zinc coating Tensile of wire is soft temper Wire diamter of 0.120 inches shall have a wieght of zinc coating of 0.85 oz/sf Grade of zinc coating is high or special high grade Elongation if not less than 12% Mesh openings are 8 cm x 10 cm or 3.25" x 4.5" |
