TY - GEN
T1 - Determination of geotechnical properties of sand-EPS foam and cement mixtures
AU - Teymur, B.
AU - Ahmedov, R.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - With the developments in geotechnical engineering, it has been found that lightweight fills are cost beneficial for some applications such as embankments, slope stability and retaining walls. Expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam is widely used in low strength and soft soil construction as a lightweight fill material. Lightweight fill mixture which is composed of EPS, cement and sand are used in laboratory tests such as unconfined compressive tests, CBR (California Bearing Ratio) and permeability experiments to determine its properties. To determine the appropriate ratio for the material mixture; different percentages of EPS material such as 100, 75, 50 and 25 were tested. As a result, it was found that a mixture containing cement, polystyrene foam and sand, can be successfully used in some applications such as improvement of slopes and reducing the weight of embankments.
AB - With the developments in geotechnical engineering, it has been found that lightweight fills are cost beneficial for some applications such as embankments, slope stability and retaining walls. Expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam is widely used in low strength and soft soil construction as a lightweight fill material. Lightweight fill mixture which is composed of EPS, cement and sand are used in laboratory tests such as unconfined compressive tests, CBR (California Bearing Ratio) and permeability experiments to determine its properties. To determine the appropriate ratio for the material mixture; different percentages of EPS material such as 100, 75, 50 and 25 were tested. As a result, it was found that a mixture containing cement, polystyrene foam and sand, can be successfully used in some applications such as improvement of slopes and reducing the weight of embankments.
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U2 - 10.1201/b17395-248
DO - 10.1201/b17395-248
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84907368517
SN - 9781138027077
T3 - Geomechanics from Micro to Macro - Proceedings of the TC105 ISSMGE International Symposium on Geomechanics from Micro to Macro, IS-Cambridge 2014
SP - 1373
EP - 1376
BT - Geomechanics from Micro to Macro - Proceedings of the TC105 ISSMGE International Symposium on Geomechanics from Micro to Macro, IS-Cambridge 2014
PB - Taylor and Francis - Balkema
T2 - International Symposium on Geomechanics from Micro to Macro, IS-Cambridge 2014
Y2 - 1 September 2014 through 3 September 2014
ER -