The existing Mattstock and Churfirsten rockfall galleries are to be reinforced with ROCKFALL-X^TM allowing them to withstand impact energies of up to 1,900 kJ.

When a risk analysis of the galleries was last carried out, the impact energy of rockfall events with a probability of reoccurrence of between 10 and 30 years was increased from 500 kJ to as much as 1,900 kJ. Both galleries were reinforced by installing the ROCKFALL-X^TM energy absorption system including high-tensile TECCO^® mesh and modules of foam glass gravel. At the heart of the ROCKFALL-X^TM energy absorption system are the horizontal layers of TECCO^® mesh, which distributes the impact energy of a rockfall event over a larger area in a funnel-shaped pattern and stops falling rock safely.

Read more about this project in our document “ROCKFALL-X^TM energy absorption system for the Mattstock and Churfirsten rockfall protection galleries, Weesen/Amden, Switzerland.”

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