Krainerwand

Krainerwand as a bridge abutment (USA around 1940)

Krainer wall as Sohlgurt at the Pšata

A Krainer wall (grammatically consistent but rare case: Krainer wall ) is a particular form of the support wall . It consists of a lattice structure made of wood or other resilient building materials into which a filler (e.g. earth, gravel) is poured. They are planted to give them additional strength through the roots. The name is traced back to the Slovenian landscape Carniola .

construction

Krainer walls are built in storeys from long girders along the direction of the slope, which are referred to as runners , and shorter ones across the direction of the slope, known as brackets . The brackets carry the next runner and must absorb the tensile forces. Typically, the distance between the brackets is two to three meters. The result is a lattice structure that is open on the slope.

Web links

krainerwand (18m high wooden box) in the Höllental walking excavator kaiser action grins. Youtube , accessed on October 6, 2013 (Youtube video of construction work: a runner depositedon brackets ).
detail Krainerwand. Retrieved October 6, 2013 (sketches: cross-section and front view).
Floods in 2009: construction pioneers stop landslides. Federal Army , accessed on October 6, 2013 (photo series: Construction and appearance of a Krainer wall).

Individual evidence

↑ Hugo Meinhard Schiechtl, Roland Stern: Natural hydraulic engineering: Instructions for biological engineering construction methods . John Wiley & Sons, 2001, ISBN 978-3-433-01440-0 , pp. 85 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[1] Hugo Meinhard Schiechtl, Roland Stern: Natural hydraulic engineering: Instructions for biological engineering construction methods . John Wiley & Sons, 2001, ISBN 978-3-433-01440-0 , pp. 85 ( limited preview in Google Book search).