Applications

Argex grains cannot only be used as lightweight filling material in the Construction of quay walls, but can also be used for the renovation of old quay walls.

When used behind quay walls Argex grains decrease the pressure on the back of the structure with at least 60% compared to conventional filling material. This reduction of weight prevents and reduces the hydrostatic pressure importantly by the high draining capacity of Argex grains.

Argex fillings enable savings by simply making the construction lighter! Argex is also the perfect solution for the well-known reinforced earth constructions, especially applied on soft soil or when crossing underground structures.

Considering the low volume weight and the proper mechanical characteristics, Argex grains are perfect to realise balanced constructions in soft, low-weight bearing soils.

Theoretically, with the use of the compensation method with Argex grains, the natural substrate (P) is substituted by an equal load that consists of the sum of the mass of the construction (P1) plus the mass of Argex backfill (P2).

Practically however, the construction is often only partly compensated until the soil tension before and after the works is equal.

For road constructions on a bad subsoil, the fast consolidation AND the light weight of Argex backfill offers many advantages. Embankments are often to be built on weak and very easily compressible soil. If the embankment crashes, the subsoil consolidates and collapses.

Defending on the embankment’s height, the depth of the weak subsoil and the consolidation characteristics of the subsoil, the full collapse can be very deep and problematic for what matters evenness of the road, functionality and durability of the road construction. Various combinations of soil strengthening techniques can be used in the most difficult situations.