Emerging Trends in Failures Involving EPS-Block Geofoam Fills
| Autor: | John S. Horvath |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
Construction management
Engineering Road construction End user business.industry Building and Construction Expanded polystyrene Civil engineering Construction engineering New product development Geofoam Geosynthetics Safety Risk Reliability and Quality business Civil and Structural Engineering Block (data storage) |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities. 24:365-372 |
| ISSN: | 1943-5509 0887-3828 |
| Popis: | Expanded polystyrene (EPS) is a closed-cell polymeric (“plastic”) foam that, in its generic block-molded form, has seen increasing use worldwide as a cellular geosynthetic in the geofoam category. This growth is due to the fact that block-molded EPS is unique among geofoam products for the large and diverse variety of functional applications for which it is technically well suited and relatively economical as well as for its proven long-term in-ground durability. However, as often happens when there is rapid growth in a technology based on a generic commodity product such as block-molded EPS, its use outstrips the acquisition of critically important technical knowledge by end users. This can result in inefficient and even incorrect use that can lead to failures in project applications. There is evidence that this cause and effect is currently occurring in the United States at least for some widely used EPS-block geofoam functional applications such as lightweight fill for road construction. This paper con... |
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