Behavior of Soil Peat with Reinforcement of Bamboo Grid

摘要

Type peat soils classified as poorly as the foundation construction, because of the low shear strength, high water content, high compression and low bearing capacity. Using of bamboo grid is an alternative to improve the stability of the construction on the peat soil. Treated system can be made to improve the durability of bamboo. The research was conducted in the laboratory using a test box length 120 cm, width 90 cm, and height 90 cm. The loading plate test with a plate size of 15×15 cm~2 and thickness of 1 cm. Reinforcement material using bamboo grids without and with the treated of which is placed under the foundation plate respectively 1 layer, 2 layers, and 3 layers. Peat soil reinforced of bamboo grid with and without terated generate a significant bearing capacity compared with peat without reinforcement. Generally, the more reinforcement is used, the bearing capacity of the foundation on peat soil will increase. Benefits treated of bamboo grid is not visible on the change in value of the bearing capacity of peat. It can be concluded that the effect was not significant treated of bamboo grid to increase the bearing capacity of a shallow foundation on peat.