Guidelines for Geofoam Applications in Slope Stability Projects

Geofoam blocks in a slope stability application

Geofoam blocks in a slope stability application

A new publication was released from the TRB’s NCHRP program on Geofoam Applications in Slope Stability Projects.

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Results Digest 380: Guidelines for Geofoam Applications in Slope Stability Projects explores the use of expanded polystyrene-block geofoam for slope stabilization projects. For the purpose of the report, slope stabilization projects include new roadways as well as repair of existing roadways that have been damaged by slope instability or slope movement.

[Source: Download the PDF from TRB. Image: Syracuse Geofoam Research Center]