THE EFFECT OF CLAY STABILIZATION OF MAJANER

SUB-DISTRICT, SALAWATI DISTRICT, SORONG

REGENCY WITH ADDITIONAL MATERIALS OF
ZEOLITE ON SOIL SHEARING STRENGTH

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Akhmad Syafri Samsudin , Muhammad Nur Fajar2

1Akhmad Syafri Samsudin / Mahasiswa / Civil Engineering Study Program/

Universitas Muhammadiyah Sorong
2 Muhammad Nur Fajar / Dosen / Civil Engineering Study Program/ Universitas
Muhammadiyah Sorong
Korespondensi: syafriakhmad@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

In the process of carrying out building construction work, it requires a strong and stable subgrade. One type
of subgrade that has low bearing capacity is clay. Clay soil is a fine-grained soil composed of minerals that
can expand. Clay soils are generally not good when used as a subgrade material, this is because the shear
strength is very low so that the manufacture of a construction above this soil layer usually faces several
problems. Soil improvement methods are needed to overcome the problems that exist in clay soil, so that the
soil is suitable to be used as the basis of a construction work. Soil stabilization aims to increase the shear
strength of the soil, stabilization can be done by mixing a chemical or other material with the soil. In this
study the authors tried new innovations by stabilizing clay with a mixture of zeolite, with variations of the
zeolite mixture consisting of 5%, 10%, 15%, and 20%. compaction and direct shear strength. From the results
of the shear strength tests carried out on a mixture of zeolite and soil that with variations of zeolite 5%, 10%,
15%, and 20% can increase the value of shear strength with a mixture of zeolite 20%, there is a very high
increase from the original soil, where the value of the original soil shear strength was 0.71 kg/cm2 and after
the addition of zeolite by 20% increased by 0.79 kg/cm2.
Keyword : Stabilization, Clay, Zeolite, Shear Strength

1. INTRODUCTION Thomas Parapaga (2018), by adding zeolite

One type of subgrade that has low bearing
capacity is clay. Clay soil is a fine-grained soil
composed of minerals that can expand. Clay
soils are generally not good when used as a
subgrade material, this is because the shear
strength is very low so that the manufacture of
a construction above this soil layer usually
faces several problems. Soil improvement
methods are needed to overcome the problems
that exist in clay soil, so that the soil is suitable
to be used as the basis of a construction work.
In that area, clay is used for the sub-soil,
the area is a swampy area which causes
damage, plus the increasing intensity of rain in
recent months, there are several ways of
stabilizing the soil that can be done, one of
which is adding chemicals, including zeolite. .
According to a previous researcher, Reki
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added material to the clay, the shear strength of
the soil will increase and cause the soil strain to
decrease. Zeolites are non-metallic minerals or
multipurpose industrial minerals.
1.1. Formulation of the problem
The aim of this research is
1. What are the characteristics of the physical
and mechanical properties of clay at the
research site? 2. What are the characteristics of
the physical and mechanical properties of clay
after being mixed with zeolite? 3. How is the
effect of stabilizing clay using zeolite added on
the shear strength of the soil?
1.2. Research Objectives
The aim of this research is
1.To analyze the characteristics of the physical
and mechanical properties of clay at the
research site. 2.To analyze the characteristics of
the physical and mechanical properties of clay
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after being mixed with zeolite. 3.To analyze the 2.2. Research Flow Chart
effect of stabilizing clay using zeolite added on
the shear strength of the soil.

2. METHOD
2.1. Research location and time
The location of the soil sampling in this study
was carried out in Majaner Village, Salawati
District, Sorong Regency. Meanwhile, the
research will be carried out at the Soil
Mechanics Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering,
University of Muhammadiyah Sorong. This
type of research is a laboratory experimental
research in the form of testing clay stabilized
with Zeolite.

Figure 1. Map of Sampling Locations

(Source: Google Earth)
In collecting data this research was conducted
at the Soil Mechanics Laboratory, Department
of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
Sorong Muhammadiyah University. The time
of the research is one to two months after the
proposal seminar.

Figure 3. Research Flowchart

3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Figure 2. Map of Research Locations.
(Source: Google Earth)
3.1. Water content
The water content in clay samples taken at
Majaner Village, Salawati District, Sorong
Regency was 32%.
3.2. Specific gravity
To carry out the specific gravity test, the
researchers prepared soil that passed the No. 10
sieve, with oven dry soil conditions. With 4
levels of mixed variations, namely 5%, 10%,
15%, and 20%, each with a total weight of 10
grams for each level of mixing. This test was
carried out as many as (3) three samples for
each level of mixing, and the results of the
three tests were averaged. The results of testing
the density of mixed soil with zeolite can be
seen in table 1.

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 bearing capacity of the soil.
Table 1. The results of the soil specific gravity Table 3. The results of the compaction test
test. (compaction)
Zeolite Content Soil Density Mixed Optimum Dry Fill Weight
No Variations Maximum
(%) (gram/cm3) No Moisture
Zeolite (%) Content (%) (gram/cm3)
1 Native Land 2,63
1 5 21 1,63
2 5 2,45 2 10 20 1,60
3 10 2,44 3 15 18 1,55
4 20 17 1,53
4 15 2,42
(Source: 2020 laboratory test results)
5 20 2,41 It can be seen that the addition of zeolite
(Source: 2020 laboratory test results) variation resulted in a decrease in dry density
It can be seen that the original soil density or from 1.64 grams/cm3 to 1.63 grams/cm3 and
before the addition of zeolite was 2.63 gr/cm3 the optimum water content decreased. The
and after the addition of 5% zeolite, the specific more zeolite mixing, the smaller the optimum
gravity decreased to 2.45 gr/cm3 until the water content in each variation.
addition of 20% zeolite, the specific gravity 3.5. Soil Shear Strength (Direct Shear Test)
decreased to 2.41 gr/cm3. The direct shear strength test with the soil and
3.3. Atterberg Limit zeolite mixture was carried out the same as the
To perform the Atterberg limit test, the sample direct shear test for the original soil. This test
used was soil that passed the No. 40 sieve with was carried out with three samples for three
oven dry conditions. Atterberg limit test additional normal force loads of 3.15 kg, 6.3
consists of liquid limit (LL) and plastic limit kg, and 12.6 kg at each mixing rate of 5%,
(PL). From the results of the two tests, the 10%, 15%, and 20%.
results of the plasticity index (IP). Table 4. Recapitulation of Soil Shear Strength
Table 2. Atterberg limit test results. Test Results with Zeolite Mixture
Zeolite LL PL IP
No Zeolite Shear Shear
Soil
Content (%) (%) (%) (%) Cohesi Shear
No Content Angle(° Stress
on (C) Strength
(%) ) (kg/cm2)
1 Native Land 65,85 40,65 25,20 (kg/cm2)
2 5 64,46 42,49 21,97 Zeolite
1 0,30 30,15 0,53 0,71
(%)
3 10 62,22 43,78 18,44
2 5 0,33 31,38 0,57 0,74
4 15 61,08 44,27 16,82 3 10 0,34 32,17 0,59 0,75
5 20 59,24 45,32 13,91 4 15 0,37 33,44 0,63 0,78
(Source: 2020 laboratory test results) 5 20 0,38 34,68 0,65 0,79
Against the Value of Plasticity Index (PI) (Source: 2020 laboratory test results)
From the figure and table of the Atterberg limit
test results above, it can be seen that the 4. CONCLUSION
addition of zeolite to the soil, the liquid limit From the results of this test, the authors draw
(LL) decreased with variations in the addition conclusions related to the effect of zeolite
of zeolite mixing, while the plastic limit (PL) content on the shear strength of clay soils,
increased along with the addition of zeolite, including: 1. Based on physical testing,
and the plasticity index (PI) decreased with the according to the USCS classification, the soil is
addition of zeolite. classified as OH, namely organic clay with
3.4. Compaction Test (Compaction) moderate to high density. Likewise in the
Compaction includes mechanical stability of AASHTO classification, the soil belongs to
the soil. After compaction, the composition of class A-7-5, namely clay soil, which means that
the soil particles becomes denser, so that it has the original soil in Mako Brigif 3 Marines,
better technical properties than before. Soil Majaner Village, Salawati District, Sorong
density has a big effect on the shear strength or Regency is organic clay with medium to high
density. 2. There is a change in the

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characteristics of the physical and mechanical
properties of the clay after being mixed with
zeolite at levels of 5%, 10%, 15%, and 20%,
respectively. The specific gravity decreased
from 2.63 gr/cm3 to 2.41 gr/cm3, for the liquid
limit value (LL) it decreased from 65.85% to
59.24%, for the plastic limit value (PL) it
increased from 40.65% to 45.32%, for the
plastic index value (PI) decreased from 25.20%
to 13.91%. 3. Based on mechanical testing, the
effect of adding zeolite will increase the value
of the shear strength of the soil which was
originally 0.71 kg/cm2 to 0.79 kg/cm2, for the
value of shear stress has increased from 0.53
kg/cm2 to 0.65 kg /cm2, the value of soil
cohesion has increased from 0.30 kg/cm2 to
0.38 kg/cm2, and the value of the shear angle
of the soil has increased from 30.15° to 34.68°,
which means that zeolite can be used as the
stabilizing material of clay and the shear
strength of clay increased with the addition of
zeolite content.
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