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Stabilizing soft clay using geo-foam beads and cement bypass dust

Underground Space, 2020
Soft clays are usually classified according to their undrained shear strength, Su. Values of Su less than 12.5 kPa are associated with very soft clays.
Essam Farouk Badrawi, Mahmoud Samir El-kady   +1 more
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Utilization of Powdered Glass and Expanded Polystyrene Beads (eps) as Additives in Clayey Soils

, 2022
İklim değişikliğinin insan yaşamı üzerindeki etkisinin daha belirgin hale gelmesiyle atık yönetimi önem kazanmaktadır. Bu çalışmada, atık malzemelerin yüksek plastisiteli kil zemin iyileştirmesi üzerindeki etkisinin araştırılması amaçlanmıştır.
Akış, Ebru, Çiğdem, Öykü Yağmur
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Artificial Aggregate Made from Expanded Polystyrene Beads Coated with Cement Kiln Dust—An Experimental Trial

, 2022
The use of waste materials from industrial products to support green building and environmentally friendly construction needs more attention and becomes a common thought.
Khorami, Morteza; id_orcid, Wibowo, Andi Prasetiyo, A. P. Wibowo, M. Khorami, M. Saidani, Saidani, Messaoud; id_orcid   +5 more
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Investigating lightweight recycled brick aggregate concrete incorporating EPS beads: Application to masonry units

Results in Engineering
Construction and demolition (C&D) waste, including burnt clay bricks and concrete, combined with non-degradable industrial waste such as expanded polystyrene (EPS), presents a significant global disposal challenge.
Samina Hameed, Syed Asad Ali Gillani, Muhammad Tahir, Rashid Hameed, Safeer Abbas, Moncef L. Nehdi, Muhammad Ahmad   +6 more
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Experimental investigation on LWC with complete replacement of course aggregate by EPS beads

, 2020
In this paper, expanded polystyrene (EPS) lightweight concrete (LWC) was investigated. The main aim was to design EPS LWC with the specified density of 1200 kg/m3 according to standard concrete mix proportion.
Bede, Natalija, Torić Malić, Neira
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Structural performance of expanded polystyrene lightweight concrete (EPS - LWC) wall panel with square opening / Syed Nurfahmi Effendi Syed Abdul Malik

, 2013
The load bearing wall is common construction for tall building. The lightweight expanded polystyrene wall panel was establishing in this study in order to develop as the load bearing wall. This study provide the expanded polystyrene lightweight concrete (
Syed Abdul Malik, Syed Nurfahmi Effendi
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X-ray computed tomography for characterization of expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam

, 2019
Expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam is widely used in building and construction applications for thermal and acoustic insulation. This material is nearly transparent for X-rays, making it difficult to characterize its pore structure in 3D with X-ray ...
Meftah, Redouane, Laluet, Jean Yves, Sylvain Berger, Laluet, Jean-Yves, Jeroen Van Stappen, Cnudde, Veerle, Redouane Meftah, Jean-Yves Laluet, Experimental rock deformation, Van Hoorebeke, Luc, Van Stappen, Jeroen, Hydrogeology, Jacqus, Gary, Earth materials: properties and processes, Luc Van Hoorebeke, Berger, Sylvain, Veerle Cnudde, Guering, Paul-Henri, Paul-Henri Guering, Guering, Paul Henri, Gary Jacqus   +20 more
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Environmentally friendly wallboard panels. Research report

RChD: Creación y Pensamiento, 2018
Here are shown some important research advances about the design process of a new building construction element, this is a wallboard flat panel manufacturated with a nucleus made of gypsum, agave fibers and water, mixed with different portions of eps ...
Francisco Javier González Madariaga, Jaime Francisco Gómez Gómez, Luis Alberto Rossa Sierra   +2 more
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Preliminary laboratory assessments of a lightweight geocomposite material for embankment fill application

South African Journal of Science, 2015
The cost of retaining structures used for the lateral support of roadside embankments can be significantly reduced through the use of lightly cemented mixtures of expanded polystyrene (EPS) beads and backfill soils as lightweight roadside embankment ...
Felix Okonta
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Studies on stabilization of road embankment using expanded polystyrene (EPS) geofoam

, 2014
Access is limited to UniMAP community.The Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Geofoam is made of polystyrene beads and polystyrene is not biodegradable and chemically inert in both soil and water.
Muhammad Abdul Rabbani, Ja’apar
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