International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR)

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Research Paper | Civil Engineering | India | Volume 4 Issue 3, March 2015


Lightweight Concrete Using EPS

Abhijit Mandlik | Tarun Sarthak Sood | Shekhar Karade | Sangram Naik | Amruta Kulkarni [2]


Abstract: Expanded polystyrene (EPS) geofoam is a lightweight material that has been used in engineering applications since at least the 1950s. Its density is about a hundredth of that of soil. It has good thermal insulation properties with stiffness and compression strength comparable to medium clay. It is utilized in reducing settlement below embankments, sound and vibration damping, reducing lateral pressure on sub-structures, reducing stresses on rigid buried conduits and related applications. Expanded polystyrene waste in a granular form is used as lightweight aggregate to produce lightweight structural concrete with the unit weight varying from 1200 to 2000 kg/m. The polystyrene aggregate concrete was produced by partially replacing coarse aggregate in the reference (normal weight) concrete mixtures with equal volume of the chemically coated crushed polystyrene granules. This paper reports the results of an experimental investigation into the engineering properties, such as compressive strength, modulus of elasticity, drying shrinkage and creep, of polystyrene aggregate concrete varying in density. The main objectives of this study are the cement contents for the concrete mixtures used were 410 and 540kg/m.


Keywords: EPS, PPC Cement, Silica Fume, Super plasticizer, Compressive strength


Edition: Volume 4 Issue 3, March 2015,


Pages: 2007 - 2010


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Abhijit Mandlik, Tarun Sarthak Sood, Shekhar Karade, Sangram Naik, Amruta Kulkarni, "Lightweight Concrete Using EPS", International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Volume 4 Issue 3, March 2015, pp. 2007-2010, https://www.ijsr.net/get_abstract.php?paper_id=SUB152576

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