ANÁLISIS DEL USO DE GEOBLOQUES PARA ALIGERAR EL RELLENO EN CIMENTACIONES DE EDIFICIOS

Abstract

Expanded polystyrene is a product made of pentane after being exposed to changes in temperature that can be used in many ways in construction as the lightening of structures. In Ecuador its use is not very common and there are not many companies that manufacture it, preferring the use of replacement material as fill material for the foundations. For all types of construction, the land on which it will be built must be considered, since it will define what characteristics and materials will be used for the construction. One of the most important aspects is the compressibility of the soil, which implies that the soil will be easily deformed, which will require some type of filling before being able to use it. The objective of the project is to analyze the benefits of using expanded polystyrene for the lightening of structures compared to using conventional materials. Resistance tests were carried out on the expanded polystyrene blocks and on conventional materials, in addition to a price analysis between both, assuming that a three-storey building of 30 m2 was built for each floor in the city of Guayaquil, on a compressible floor.