This paper aims to introduce the uses of waste expanded polystyrene (EPS) as an option of lightweight soil especially for which is threatened to the impact of blast loading. This paper focus EPS-sand mixture, damping ration material. The EPS-sand mixed proportion used for this study were 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50% and 60% of EPS and also 100% sand. Shear strength and damping ratio were measured through shear box test and cyclic loading test respectively. Other than that, numerical simulation using ANSYS AUTODYN was use to obtain pressure due to the blast loading.
Results indicated that 40% EPSdamping ratio for all pressures applied.
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