EPS USE IN ROAD CONSTRUCTION

  • Expanded Polystyrene Foam (EPS) is usually produced in the form of blocks 100*120 cm in width, 200-480 cm in length and 50-60 cm in height and in densities varying from 10 kg/m3 and 40 kg/m3. EPS Blocks are called “Geofoam” when used in civil engineering. Some of the areas of application of Geofoam in civil engineering in the present day are listed in the page:
  • In considerable reduction of excessive primary and secondary consolidation settlements in road embankments seating on soft soil,
  • In the construction of bridge access ramps,
  • In road embankment works required for the addition of lanes on the routes with expropriation problems,
  • In the prevention of differential settlements,
  • In the reduction of general lateral and seismic loads on retaining structures,
  • In the reduction of vertical loads on the underground pipelines exposed to high vertical stresses and prevention of potential structural damages which may occur on the pipes,
  • In increasing the slope safety,
  • In the reduction of foundation depth in the structures to be constructed in the regions with greater frost depths,
  • In the extension of the life of the road pavement in the regions with high freeze-thaw effect,
  • In the reduction of the forces which will arise from the swelling capacity of the soil in concrete floors or slabs constructed on soils with high swelling potential,

In the construction of houseboats, greenhouses, platforms, small isles for landscaping purposes, etc. in the regions with lack of land,