TY - JOUR AU - Hideyuki Ito, AU - Koichi Yamanaka, AU - Hideo Noguchi, AU - Takahiro Fujii, AU - Kunio Minegishi, PY - 2016/12/22 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF NEW GEOMATERIALS AND EMBANKMENT CONSTRUCTION METHODS CONSIDERING RECYCLING JF - GEOMATE Journal JA - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOMATE VL - 13 IS - 35 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://geomatejournal.com/geomate/article/view/1315 SP - 114-119 AB - <p>The cutting and embankment construction method may cause grand subsidence or landside at a<br>location with soft ground or risk of landsides. A construction method employing a new composite geomaterial<br>using expanded polystyrene is effective for construction at such a location because of its light weight and<br>workability. However, there is not much research reported on the use such new materials with examples of<br>constructions using these materials. This study aimed to understand the problems associated with the use of the<br>new geomaterials and determine how they can be improved by analyzing various environmental loads and life<br>cycle costs that in various embankment construction methods in consideration of whether new geomaterials are<br>used and waste materials are recycled. Four different methods were compared with respect to their<br>environmental impact and cost. The research demonstrated the possibility of reducing environmental loads and<br>life cycle costs by employing recycling in various embankment constructions methods.<br><br></p> ER -