walls exposed to lateral winds

High lateral wind loads cause high stresses on walls that are sensitive to these. 
 
Reinforcement with Sigmafor allows you to limit the thickness of these walls.

 

Sigmafor - muren onderhevig aan zijdelingse wind

 

Sigmafor applications

Preventing cracks in walls

Differential settling of the ground

To replace concrete or steel lintels and/or ring beams

Stress concentrations

Gables

Walls exposed to lateral wind

Infill walls

Change in construction height

Stress at point loads

Partitions prone to deformation

Unbonded masonry

Double walls and cavity walls

Ground pressure against cellar and silo walls