KARAKTERISTIK DURABILITAS TANAH LEMPUNG DENGAN CAMPURAN KAPUR, ABU SEKAM PADI, DAN SERAT PADA KONDISI SISI BASAH OPTIMUM
Abstract
Soil stabilization is one of efforts to improve soil property in order to increase soil’s bearing capacity, this bearing capacity increasement is an important aspect in infrastructure sector such as sub-grade construction in road pavement. Even though if we observe the site condition, many aspect can affect the soil condition such as climate and weather change. Therefore, the climate and weather change should be simulated with laboratory wetting-drying cycle to study soil’s bearing capacity from stabilized soil. Soil stabilization that chosen in this study is using a composite of lime, rice husk, and plastic fiber. Lime and rice husk ratio that used is 1:1, with 18% lime percentage. While fiber content that used is 0.4%. The speciment is molded in OWM (Optimum Wet Moisture Content) condition and cured for 28 days. The testing report confirm that wetting-drying cycle really has an impact to soil stabilization. Unconfined compressive strength value (qu) decreased in the amount of 48% from non cycle speciment to first cycle specimen, thereafter the value increased slowly from first cycle to fourth cycle in the amount of 44%. And modulus secant value (E50) was obtain tend to following unconfined compressive strength value change as the affect of wetting-drying cycle.