AFF-Wall

Adobe Foundation Flood Protection

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Every year millions of people lose their homes due to the uncontrollable forces of nature.

Amri Village Pakistan 2010

Adobe homes are made primarily of sun dried mud bricks and become vulnerable when faced with flood waters.

The foundation loses its structural integrity causing the entire structure to collapse.

The process of making sun dried adobe bricks can be time consuming.  

A small adobe home can take up to 2 months to construct.

?There has to be a better way!

AFF-Wall is a revolutionary system used in the construction of adobe style homes.  Using proven Cellular Confinement technology, the AFF-Wall can dramatically increase the home building process while providing protection against floods and other natural disasters.

AFF-Wall

The AFF-Wall System

AFF-Wall is a two part system which is simple to use and requires no tools.

AFF-Wall panels are connected together and enables the builder to configure the system to any dimension desired.

Quickclips

AFF-Wall Panel

The AFF-Wall Advantage

Easy to use

Lightweight & Durable

No Tools Required

Cost Effective

No Waste

Build in Place

Interlocking Strength

Increased Load Support

Increased Installation Time

Adjustable Design

Self Contained Reinforcement

Build to any configuration

Add on to existing structures at anytime.

AFF-Wall Foundation (14'x14' Room)

Emergency Shelter Kit

• Interior Floor Dimensions: 14'x14'• AFF-Wall Total Height:  40"

500 ea. AFF-Wall Panels

1000 ea. Quickclips

Kit Contents

Emergency Shelter Kit Packaging

5 each Emergency Shelter Kits per Pallet (40"x48"x40")

220 each Emergency Shelter Kits per 40' Shipping Container

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Load SupportEarth RetentionSlope Protection

HOW IT WORKSA Cellular Confinement System when infilled with compacted soil creates a new composite entity that possesses enhanced mechanical and geotechnical properties. When the soil contained within a geocell is subjected to pressure, it causes lateral stresses on perimeter cell walls. The 3D zone of confinement reduces the lateral movement of soil particles while vertical loading on the contained infill results in high lateral stress and resistance on the cell-soil interface. These increase the shear strength of the confined soil, which: Creates a stiff mattress or slab to

distribute the load over a wider area Reduces punching of soft soil Increases shear resistance and bearing

capacity Decreases deformation

Confinement from adjacent cells provides additional resistance against the loaded cell through passive resistance, while lateral expansion of the infill is restricted by high hoop strength. Compaction is maintained by the confinement resulting in long term reinforcement.

HISTORYResearch and development of cellular confinement systems (CCS) began with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in September 1975 to test the feasibility of constructing tactical bridge approach roads over soft ground. Engineers discovered that sand-confinement systems performed better than conventional crushed stone sections. They concluded that a sand-confinement system could be developed that would provide an expedient construction technique for building approach roads over soft ground and that the system would not be adversely affected by wet weather conditions.

Cellular Confinement Technology

^ Leshchinksy, D. (2009) “Research and Innovation: Seismic Performance of Various Geocell Earth-retention Systems,” Geosysnthetics, No. 27, No. 4, 46-52

Tests 1 and 2 show that gravity walls made of geocell can perform well under seismic loading. Such gravity systems may be economical for walls up to 3-4m high. Tests 3 and 4 show that a reinforced system, made entirely of geocell and soil, can be effective and likely economical.

Since early development with the Corps of Engineers, geocells have been further improved for many other soil-stabilization applications, including the rapid construction of fortified walls in the U.S.’s Mideast combat zones, starting with Operation Desert Storm in the early 1990s.   

Geosynthetics | October 2009

To determine the influence of a geocell layer on the load-settlement behavior and the vertical stresses on the subgrade, large scale model tests were conducted. The results have shown that the geocell layer reduced the vertical stresses on the subgrade about 30 %, distributed the vertical loads over a larger area and improved the bearing capacity of the infill material between 1.1 and 1.7 times Institute of Geotechnical Engineering, Technology University of Clausthal. (e-mail: Ansgar.Emersleben@tuclausthal.de)

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