Welcome to the conference: EPS 2011 Geofoam Blocks in Construction Applications
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration will organize the fourth international conference on the use of Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) as a lightweight fill material in Civil Engineering practice. The Conference will be held on June 6th - 8th 2011 at Lillestrøm, Norway.
Previous conferences have been arranged in Oslo, Norway 1985, Tokyo, Japan 1996 and Salt Lake City, USA 2001.
Conference aim
Geofoam blocks as a lightweight fill material
Since 1972 blocks of Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) have been used as a lightweight fill material for road construction purposes in Norway. Later a variety of applications have been added for Civil Engineering purposes in general, and there is a marked increase in the use of such applications on a global scale. Research activities are carried out in several countries for further enhancement of material knowledge and application methods.
The aim of the conference is to gather both users and non-users of Geofoam blocks in order to exchange knowledge about the method through presentation of research results, new applications and case histories.
Conference Themes
Present use of Geofoam:
Reports by members of the International
Organizing Committee on known applications,
type of projects and volumes
Expanded Polystyrene:
Chemical composition and production process
Index properties
Product control
Durability
Material properties and modelling:
Model studies
Dynamic properties
Fatigue | Design specifications:
International standards
National specifications
Seismic design
Construction applications:
Roads, Railroads and Airports
Buildings and Industrial plants
Landscaping
Settlement mitigation
Load reduction on buried culverts
Failures
New concepts and special topics:
Innovative use of Geofoam blocks
Avalanche protection
Disaster prevention - climate change
Re-use/recycling of Geofoam blocks | |
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Organized by:
| The Norwegian Public Roads Administration |  Tekna - The Norwegian Society of Graduate
Technical and Scientific Professionals |
