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Effect of Using EPS Geofoam on Deformation Behavior of Square Footings on Clay Subjected to Static and Dynamic Loads: Experimental Study

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The recent and continuous industrial development at Port-Said necessitates many factories and gas plants to be constructed on its thick graduated clay soil. Accordingly, suitable foundation systems are to be developed to resist the expected dynamic effects and vibrations of the heavy machinery and rotating masses utilized for such activities. Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Geofoam was introduced as an efficient dynamic damper and lightweight solution for many geotechnical problems. In this research, the effect of the static loads in machinery shutdown state and the dynamic loads in working state on the settlement behavior of a square footing resting on Port-Said clay is studied experimentally, both in the presence and absence of EPS. The results showed that the use of EPS can considerably reduce the maximum settlement under machine foundation.

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  1. Faculty of Engineering, Port Said University, Port Fouad, Egypt

    M. El. Gendy, I. El. Araby, E. Sallam & A. El. Labban

  2. Faculty of Engineering, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

    W. El. Kamash

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

    David Arellano

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, Okan University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Abdullah Tolga Özer

  3. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

    Steven Floyd Bartlett

  4. Norwegian Public Roads Administration, Oslo, Norway

    Jan Vaslestad

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Gendy, M.E., Araby, I.E., Kamash, W.E., Sallam, E., Labban, A.E. (2019). Effect of Using EPS Geofoam on Deformation Behavior of Square Footings on Clay Subjected to Static and Dynamic Loads: Experimental Study. In: Arellano, D., Özer, A., Bartlett, S., Vaslestad, J. (eds) 5th International Conference on Geofoam Blocks in Construction Applications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78981-1_21

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