Table 9 The compressive strength of fiber EPS particle lightweight soil after freeze-thaw cycles.

From: Research and application of fiber-reinforced EPS particle lightweight soil in highway engineering in cold regions

EPS content

(%)

Fiber content

(%)

Unconfined compression strength(Mpa)

Freeze-thaw 0

Freeze-thaw 1

Freeze-thaw 3

Freeze-thaw 5

0

0

1.6

1.3

0.92

0.55

0.5

1.8

1.5

1.15

1

1

1.93

1.84

1.58

1.28

0.2

0

0.62

0.45

0.33

0.25

0.5

1.1

0.87

0.74

0.61

1

1.73

1.4

1.15

1

0.5

0

0.45

0.4

0.35

0.31

0.5

0.7

0.672

0.52

0.44

1

0.88

0.67

0.56

0.5