Course : Soil Improvement

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Course code/credits and contact hours : TKS4207/2.0
Semester : VIII
Instructor’s or course coordinator’s name : Ir. Agus Darmawan Adi, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Bibliography :
  1. Ingles, O.G. and Metcalf, J.B., 1972, Soil Stabilization-Principles and Studio work, Butterworths, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane
  2. Transportation Research Board (TRB), 1987,  State of The Art Report 5-Lime stabilization, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington
  3. Department of the Army and the Air Forces (1994), Soil Stabilization for Pavements, Army TM 5-822-14, Air Force AFJMAN 32-1019, Washington DC
  4. Holtz, R.D. and Kovacs, W.D., 1981, An Introducing to Geotechnical Engineering, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
  5. Hardiyatmo, H.C., 2009, Stabilisasi Tanah untuk Jalan Raya, Gadjah Mada University Press., Yogyakarta
  6. Koerner, R.M.,2005, Designing with Geosynthetics, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
Specific course information
Brief description  :

This course contains the definition of soil improvement, shallow compaction, deep compaction, vertical drainage, vibroflotation, vibro replacement, soil strengthening, stone column, soil strengthening using geosynthetic, mechanical stabilization, stabilization with additives (chemical stabilization), lime-soil, cement-soil, and fly ash-soil stabilization.
Prerequisite Courses :
  1. Soil Mechanics I (Semester III)
  2. Soil Mechanics II (Semester IV)
Required/elective : Elective
Studio work : N/A
Laboratory work : N/A
Specific goals of the course
Specific outcomes : The students are expected to be able to understand the basics of soil improvement.
Student outcomes :

(c) An ability to design a system, component, or process in order to be able to face the real constraints in economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability

(e) An ability to identify, formulate, and solve civil engineering problems by considering local resources

(h) An understanding on the benefit of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and social context

(j) Knowledge of contemporary issues in civil engineering
Brief list of topics to be covered :
  1. Soil retrofitting construction in accordance with soil bearing capacity
  2. Soil improvement with geosynthetic
  3. Filter
  4. Separation
  5. Drainage
  6. Vertical drainage analysis
  7. Drainage for retaining walls
  8. Drainage for sports fields and recreation areas
  9. Slope retrofitting
  10. Slope reinforcement design of block element and sheet type
  11. The design of retrofitting on a thin and thick layer of soft soil
  12. The design of geosynthetic pile capping
  13. Underlay with geosynthetic (application for road)