TY - JOUR T1 - The numerical analysis of the influence of changing the ground elasticity on the deformation of steel meshes used in the soil reinforcement A1 - Marcin Ćwirko A1 - Małgorzata Jastrzębska JO - Acta Sci. Pol. Architectura} VL - 17 IS - 2 SP - 17 Y1 - 2018 UR - https://www.architectura.actapol.net/volume17/issue2/_2_.pdf SN - 1644-0730 KW - retaining structures, gabions, welded mesh AB - Retaining walls with the use of reinforced soil technology are frequently used in building light retaining constructions, whose facing is made from gabion baskets. Geosynthetics or steel double woven mesh play the role of reinforcement rod in this type of structures. A good alternative for steel woven mesh is welded mesh, which is not prone to the change of mesh geometry during stretching in the main direction. The objective of this dissertation is to find an answer to the question of the steel welded mesh applicability as ground reinforcement in light gabion retaining structures, as well as the comparison of deformations of both meshes types in different ground conditions. The work contains the numerical analysis of meshes stretching, including their assembling in soil using different vulnerability coefficient value. The article has been summarized with conclusions, plans for further experimental research as well as a comparison with previous numerical analyzes. ER -