Behavior of EPS geofoam as flexible pavement subgrade material in model tests

Geosynthetics International

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-22

  Zou, Y ^a   Small, J C ^b   Leo, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Expanded polystyrene; Geofoam; Model testing; Pavement; Subgrade

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC LOADS; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS; PAVEMENTS; POLYSTYRENES; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE GEOFOAMS; FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS; SUBGRADE MATERIALS;

ROADBUILDING MATERIALS;

GEOSYNTHETICS; PAVEMENT; SUBGRADE;

FOAM; GEOSYNTHETICS;

EID: 0034115804     PISSN: 10726349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/gein.7.0163     Document Type: Article

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