Laterite Soil Behavior - Geotextile (Study of Laterite Soil, Tanah Laut District)

Abstract

Land has different specifications and characters from each type. The land has the main function is as a support of a building construction be it buildings, roads, etc. Seeing from the function is inseparable from the mechanical properties of the soil such as cohesion (c) and soil shear angle (?) where the higher the carrying capacity of the soil the better. The contact force (interface) between the soil surface and the surface of the soil reinforcement material is very dependent on the type of soil. Soil-geotextile contact will influence the carrying capacity of the soil, especially shear strength and soil cohesion. At present research on contact style interface (5) of laterite-geotextile soil. The method used in this research is to use laboratory-scale experimental methods. This research was conducted with the condition of the soil sample not submerged in water (unsaturated). The test results may be known laterite in Tanah Laut has value ratio 5/|) of 0.89 for the type of woven geotextile (HRX250), while the value of the ratio 5/(|) of 0.86 for the type of nonwoven geotextile (TS600).