Abstract
In this research, the authors analyze the addition of bacterial producer of biological cement on sandy soil to increase its stability. Pseudomonas sp was injected into the soil to produce urease enzyme, which converts urea that reacted with water become ammonium and carbonate, causing calcite precipitation. Soil stability can be improved by the production of pore-filling materials and particle-binding materials through the calcite precipitation process. The aim of these applications is to improve the mechanical properties of soil that it will be more suitable for construction or environmental purposes. After bacterial inoculation, the experiment with variation of bacterial content concluded the best way to increase soil stability is inject 15% bacteria relative to total weight of soil. Highest permeability reduction is 73,73% and highest shear strength increation for cohesion is 6,84 with friction angle 44,46°. California Bearing Ratio test with 10 of hits generated that the treatment soil can proved a significant penetration stress changed. From Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy test results of the inoculation sand test images and surface scan, the formed exopolysaccharide attached to the wall of the sand soil particles which expected will fill, patch, and close the pores between the sandy soil particles.
Highlights
In choosing the type of soil for materials of retaining construction such as river embankments or earth dams, the permeability is an important characteristic to consider in addition to the compaction characteristics
Efforts to reduce the permeability and increase the shear strength is very important way because it can run on all types of foundations that consist of one or more types of rock
Researchers did the experiment with the variations of curing days, relative density, and nutrients type
Summary
In choosing the type of soil for materials of retaining construction such as river embankments or earth dams, the permeability is an important characteristic to consider in addition to the compaction characteristics. A soil shear strength value is required to calculate the soil bearing capacity or to calculate the earth pressure force on the retaining walls. Efforts to reduce the permeability and increase the shear strength is very important way because it can run on all types of foundations that consist of one or more types of rock. The last few years have been done a lot of research and studies about how to improve the stability of the soil. This research has been tested in several countries, but is limited to a few types of soil material just in those countries
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