Lateral earth pressures on flexible cantilever retaining walls with deformable geofoam inclusions

OL Ertugrul, AC Trandafir - Engineering Geology, 2013 - Elsevier
The present study explores the potential application of geofoam in reducing the lateral earth
pressures on flexible cantilever walls retaining cohesionless and dry backfills. Results of 1-g …

Dynamic properties of polyurethane foam-sand mixtures using cyclic triaxial tests

I Golpazir, A Ghalandarzadeh, MK Jafari… - … and Building Materials, 2016 - Elsevier
Reducing the static and seismic earth pressures on geotechnical structures, such as
retaining walls, bridges abutments and buried pipes, using compressible materials is a …

A numerical study on the role of EPS geofoam in reducing earth pressure on retaining structures under dynamic loading

MI Khan, MA Meguid - International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground …, 2021 - Springer
The magnitude of lateral earth pressure plays an important role in the analysis and design of
earth retaining structures. Expanded polystyrene (EPS) geofoam panels have been …

Attenuation potential of geofoam as cover material in cut and cover tunnels during earthquakes

S Shadabi, M Parvizi, M Rabeti Moghadam… - Journal of Earthquake …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper, attenuation potential of expanded polystyrene (EPS) geofoam as the
embankment material of cut and cover tunnels during static and dynamic loads was …

Effect of geofoam as cover material in cut and cover tunnels on the seismic response of ground surface

S Shadabi, MR Moghadam, M Parvizi - Earthquake Engineering and …, 2022 - Springer
In recent years, special attention has been given to the effects of underground spaces and
structures on the seismic response of adjacent ground. Nevertheless, to the best of the …

Seismic response of shallow buried box tunnels with geofoam side cushions

OL Ertugrul, AC Trandafir - Geotechnical Frontiers 2017, 2017 - ascelibrary.org
Seismic response of shallow buried box tunnels with geofoam side cushions was
investigated through finite difference analyses with a numerical model that was validated …