Acta Scientiarum Polonorum

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.