Abstract: Pavement foundations supported on expanded polystyrene (EPS) geofoam blocks are vulnerable to excessive deformation or even failure owing to truck passage during construction. To investigate this, a series of large-scale ...

Abstract: Expanded polystyrene (EPS) geofoam is commonly used as lightweight fill materials in wide range of geotechnical engineering applications including protection of buried utilities and pipelines. EPS blocks are usually placed ...

Abstract: With growing populations and continuing urban development, embedding pipes in the ground that are then overrun by traffic is inevitable. This paper describes full-scale prototype tests on high-density polyethylene (HDPE) ...