Gabion retaining wall stability – a case study

Michał Grodecki

doi:10.37705/TechTrans/e2025016

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Gabion retaining wall stability – a case study

Technical Transactions

Volume 122 (2025): Issue 1 (January 2025)

By: Michał Grodecki

Open Access

|Nov 2025

Abstract

The paper presents results of numerical analysis of the gabion retaining wall stability. A real, complicated object is analysed. Gabions are modelled using a homogenized Mohr-Coulomb model for mesh and filling. Interface elements are used to allow discontinuous deformation field between adjacent gabions and between gabions and subsoil. A parametric study of the influence of the mesh and joints between gabions strength on the stability of the structure is performed. Different modelling approaches are compared. Numerical simulations were performed using ZSoil v25 Finite Element Method (FEM) system. Efficiency of the proposed approach is shown.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37705/TechTrans/e2025016 | Journal eISSN: 2353-737X | Journal ISSN: 0011-4561

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Language: English

Submitted on: Oct 23, 2025

Accepted on: Nov 21, 2025

Published on: Nov 28, 2025

Published by: Cracow University of Technology

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

Keywords:

gabion,

retaining wall,

FEM,

stability

Related subjects:

Architecture and design,

Architecture,

Architects, buildings,

Engineering,

Mechanical engineering,

Mechanics,

Industrial chemistry,

Chemical engineering,

Materials sciences,

Materials sciences, other

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