Uniaxial and Static Compression Load Effect on Foam Glass Aggregate

Foam glass aggregate represents an excellent example of lightweight material made of waste glass as the primary material. It can be used in several geotechnical applications such as fill behind retaining walls, lightweight fill, and isolation floor layer. To evaluate the material strength, the uniaxial load was applied on small cubic shape samples with dimensions between 20 and 30 mm, prepared from big sized foam glass aggregate. Static compressional loads were conducted on foam glass aggregate samples to understand the bulk behaviour of the material. The analysis also considered important parameters such as Young’s module (E) and oedometric compression module (Eoed) which have useful design extensions.