Experimental campaign for VSoL® MSE retaining wall system

Tesseract Engineers provided support to Boygues Construction's VSol® department in advancing a groundbreaking geosystem application for retaining Walls - the VSoL® MSE wall. Our responsibilities included conducting pull-out experiments on biaxial steel geogrids, conducted at the National Technical University of Athens under various overburden stresses. Additionally, we evaluated the impact of geogrid specimen dimensions and soil density on the reinforcement capacity. The VSoL® MSE wall is characterized as an inherently resilient geotechnical system, ensuring consistently high safety levels. Notably, its design and load-bearing mechanisms not only surpass traditional code requirements in terms of overstrength but also present significant opportunities for material savings, resulting in a more cost-effective design.