Abstract: An improved element for forming ground covering, restraining and reinforcing structures, comprising a lower wall, an upper wall and a front wall connected in an articulated manner, at one of its end edges at least, to an edge of the lower wall or the upper wall.

Abstract: A modular greened sound-absorbing structure is formed by one or more containment sections (2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12) for filling material in which plant material can be cultivated. Each containment section comprises frame means (20), connecting means (30, 32) engaged with the frame means in order to connect those frame means to one another, and a plurality of wall means (40) engaged with the frame means in such a manner as to define at least one pair of lateral walls of one of the above-mentioned containment sections. Finally, the containment sections are filled completely with the filling material.

Abstract: An improved element for forming ground covering, restraining and reinforcing structures, comprising a lower wall, an upper wall and a front wall connected in an articulated manner, at one of its end edges at least, to an edge of the lower wall or the upper wall.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of a protecting and immobilizing element of the mattress-like type consists in providing containing means (2, 20) and a layer of flexible material (3, 21) inside them, with the peripheral edges (4, 22) of the flexible layer (3, 21) protruding from the containing means (2, 20). Anchoring means (5) and a first netting structure (6, 23) are also arranged inside the containing means (2, 20) so that the netting structure (6, 23) is in direct contact with the flexible layer (3, 21) and the anchoring means (5) pass through the netting structure at predetermined positions (12, 25). The containing means (2, 20) are then filled with a filling material (7) comprising solid and/or fluid elements, and a second netting structure (8) is superposed on the filling material. Finally, by superposing, at least partially, the peripheral edges (4, 22) of the flexible layer (3, 21), a closed cover is produced from which the ends (11, 27) of the anchoring means (5) protrude.

Abstract: A barrier for protection against shock waves comprises, in combination with each other, a plurality of soil containing and reinforcing structures (20, 22) superimposed on each other in such a way as to form two vertical walls (12). Means of absorbing shock waves (30) are positioned inside the said walls (12). The protective barrier also comprises transverse connecting means (14, 50, 80) engaged with the vertical walls (12) to enhance the compactness of the protective barrier.

Abstract: Wire netting for containment and reinforcement structures, which netting comprises one or more strengthening bars extending in a preferential longitudinal direction. The strengthening bar comprises a series of notches distributed over at least a portion of its peripheral curved surface in the preferential longitudinal direction, so that it remains securely accommodated inside the meshes of the netting when the netting is subjected to repeated and varying tensile forces.

Abstract: A soil-covering structure comprises layers of geocomposite which enclose a reinforcing element and which are engaged with the latter at predetermined positions only.

Abstract: A structure comprising at least one layer of non-woven fabric material connected to one or more flexible wire netting elements is laid on an area of ground in order to produce removable paths and/or platforms. The non-woven fabric (3) is connected to the wire netting (2) by engagement means which facilitate the connection thereof.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of a protecting and immobilising element of the mattress-like type consists in providing containing means (2, 20) and a layer of flexible material (3, 21) inside them, with the peripheral edges (4, 22) of the flexible layer (3, 21) protruding from the containing means (2, 20). Anchoring means (5) and a first netting structure (6, 23) are also arranged inside the containing means (2, 20) so that the netting structure (6, 23) is in direct contact with the flexible layer (3, 21) and the anchoring means (5) pass through the netting structure at predetermined positions (12, 25). The containing means (2, 20) are then filled with a filling material (7) comprising solid and/or fluid elements, and a second netting structure (8) is superposed on the filling material. Finally, by superposing, at least partially, the peripheral edges (4, 22) of the flexible layer (3, 21), a closed cover is produced from which the ends (11, 27) of the anchoring means (5) protrude.

Abstract: Protective netting comprises cables (11, 12) crossing in pairs and defining intersection points (10) at which the pairs of cables (11, 12) are fixed together by a connection (13, 14, 15, 16) comprising two first wires (13, 15) each of which has windings around a respective cable (11, 12) on either side of an intersection point and extends across the other cable (12, 11) in order to restrain it at the intersection point. The connection further comprises at least two further wires (14, 16) wound around respective cables and inserted between the windings of the two first wires (13, 15) so as to form groups of turns disposed in the vicinity of each intersection point.

Abstract: The subject of the invention is an element (1) for forming ground covering, restraining and reinforcing structures, particularly for forming retaining walls. The element (1) is constituted by a single wire-netting panel and is divided into a bottom portion (301), an intermediate front restraining portion (101), and a top end covering portion (201). These portions are delimited by reinforcing bars (2, 3) which are inserted in the mesh of the wire netting and which extend along the front portion (101) or define, between the portions (101, 201, 301), the predetermined bend lines for the formation of a substantially channel-shaped restraining element with a substantially vertical or inclined front wall. The structural element is filled with earth, stones or combinations of earth and stones (7, 7′) and several channel-shaped layers each formed by an element (1) can be laid on top of one another to form retaining structures.

Abstract: A foldable multicellular structure for rapid intervention works comprises two side flanks, two end walls articulated to the side flanks, and a plurality of intermediate dividing walls which are also articulated to the side flanks and are spaced apart from one another by constant predetermined distances. The side flanks are formed by a plurality of basic component parts which are articulated to one another along a vertical side while the end walls and the dividing walls are each formed by a single component part. The component parts are produced from panels of netting, preferably metal netting, and are covered on one face by one or more sheets of material that is more close-meshed than the netting and is preferably a geotextile. The multicellular structure can be folded in a bellows-like manner after being flattened so that it has a reduced space requirement irrespective of the length of the structure in its open and erected configuration.

Abstract: Mattress Gabions are provided for soil stabilization revetments, designed to halt erosion and/or to consolidate the soil. A protective revetment consisting of a structure of vegetable matter forms a mattress gabion which retains the soil inside each of a multiplicity of individual cells. Each cell of the container can be filled with earth or a soil or soil-forming mixture, encouraging the growth of vegetation inside the mattress, in order to afford a natural protection to the soil of banks or excarpments, etc. Once it has been filled, the mattress is closed by a top cover in double twist steel mesh, after laying a geosynthetic sheet between the two to keep in fine materials.