...A. T. Özer; E. Akınay Expanded polystyrene (EPS) block (geofoam block) is a mature geotechnology for constructing highway embankments. In addition to preventing bearing capacity and settlement related stability problems for the embankments constructed on soft soil sites, geofoam blocks are also...

... analyses will also be discussed. © 2021 Thomas Telford Ltd 2021 Geosynthetics EPS-block geofoam hydrostatic sliding interface shear Expanded polystyrene (EPS) block (geofoam block) is a rigid cellular foamed polymeric material used in geotechnical engineering applications (ASTM...

... high and 20 cm wide (Figure 1). Geosynthetics Embankment widening EPS-block geofoam Hydrostatic sliding Seepage The sand used to construct the physical embankment slope models was selected to be similar to that of the sand used by Akay et al. (2013) and Özer et al...

... was adequately diverted away from the geofoam block slope system. As a cellular geosynthetic, closed-cell polymeric foam of expanded polystyrene (EPS) has seen increasing use worldwide in its generic block-moulded form: EPS-block geofoam (Horvath 2010). The main reason for this increase is the fact...