About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2026 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Composite Materials for Advanced Functionality: Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Materials and Applications
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| Presentation Title |
Lightweight Ceramic Foam as a Novel Approach for Seismic Isolation in Geotechnical Engineering |
| Author(s) |
Haldun Kurama, Kamil Bekir Afacan, Semra Kurama, Zahide Bayer Öztürk, Elif Ubay |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Haldun Kurama |
| Abstract Scope |
Lightweight cementitious materials are considered innovative and interests of many engineering practices. The main purpose of this study is to investigate ceramic foam to explore the potential use in geotechnical engineering as a seismic isolation material beneath the shallow foundations. This newly developed ceramic foam is characterized by a density of approximately 0.07 t/m3 and it has an unconfined bending strength of around 3 MPa. Regarding the material, it is non-permeable unlike conventional materials such as expanded polystyrene foam (EPS) and it brings unique advantages in environments/applications where filtration controls the design.
The results showed that ceramic foam would be suitable to apply it in soft soil environments and seismic design under foundations as a damper by having its relatively high strength and damping behavior. The main goal of the ongoing research is further assessment of its cyclic behavior along with the long-term performance under dynamic loading. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Composites, Modeling and Simulation, |