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Indonesian Geotechnical Journal
ISSN : -     EISSN : 28297520     DOI : https://doi.org/10.56144/igj.v1i3
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As all geotechnical engineers are aware of, soil behaviour can vary significantly from places to places. Design methodologies available in existing literature, especially on correlations of soil investigation and soil parameters, may not apply to local conditions. It is necessary to tailor well-established knowledge to the geotechnical problems related to Indonesia. The Indonesian Geotechnical Journal aims to address this problem by providing an open-access peer-reviewed journal. This journal provides a platform for authors to publish their state-of-the-art knowledge for practicing engineers as well as the academic society. Although the Indonesian Geotechnical Journal is intended to provide an outlet for Indonesia geotechnical research, suitable contributions from other countries will be most welcomed. Indonesia has a very complex geology, a meeting point of two continental plates and two oceanic plates. This means that the soil conditions in different part of Indonesia can vary greatly. Being at the meeting point of tectonic plates also mean that Indonesia, in addition to earthquake prone, has hilly and mountainous terrains. Further aggravating the conditions, Indonesia has a tropical climate, meaning high rainfall. Hilly terrain with high rainfall and earthquake is a recipe for slope failures. Mitigation of slope failure is something sought throughout Indonesia. Indonesia also has significant soft soil problems, with the fast-paced development of infrastructure in the recent years, various ground improvement techniques were adopted. The success and not so successful stories can be shared through the Indonesian Geotechnical Journal. Allowing exchange of knowledge and experience to enable engineers to build a better Indonesia. The scopes of topics include soil and rock mechanics, material properties and fundamental behaviour, site characterization, foundations, excavations, tunnels, dams and embankments, slopes, landslides, geological and rock engineering, ground improvement, bio-geotechnics, Geotechnical earthquake engineering, liquefactions, waste management, geosynthetics, offshore engineering, risk and reliability applications, physical and numerical modelling, and case-history.
Articles 49 Documents
In-Peat Geomechanical Monitoring Method under Actual Road Embankment Alsidqi Hasan; Jeffery Tay; Jye Lee
Indonesian Geotechnical Journal Vol. 2 No. 3 (2023): Vol. 2, No. 3, December 2023
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.56144/igj.v2i3.64

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This paper presents an ongoing ‘in-peat’ geomechanical monitoring exercise under an actual road embankment that is being constructed in Sarawak State of Malaysia. The road embankment will serve as part of 236km second trunk road, which is expected to be completed in 2 years. It measures about 34m wide and 3m high, overlies 5m thick of peat and a soft clay. In-peat monitoring method uses a technique that can monitor the vertical stress, the horizontal stress, the pore water pressure, and the settlement from within the peat layer. This complete set of data are valuable to back analyze the phenomena takes place during and post construction, using the state-of-the-art concept in soil mechanics. Detail site information, installation method and preliminary data are discussed. The installation exercise has been finished and the in-peat monitoring has been started. A professional service was appointed to install and monitor the sensors, which is supervised by the academic and the department of public works. The in-peat monitoring is a critical milestone to better understand the geomechanical behavior of peat under actual road embankment and to verify the current peat conceptual model.
Study on Pile Bearing Capacity Improvement in Soft Soil After Vacuum Consolidation Adityaputera Wirawan; Cindarto Lie
Indonesian Geotechnical Journal Vol. 3 No. 1 (2024): Vol. 3, No. 1, April 2024
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.56144/igj.v3i1.65

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The main problem in developing property over soft soil is significant settlement due to the consolidation process. The soil settlement, which will occur gradually throughout the years, will disrupt existing infrastructures, in this case bridges. To mitigate this issue, the common method is by speeding up the consolidation. The consolidation process must be sped up to avoid the differential settlement problem at the bridge abutments. Due to the limited supply of fill material, a vacuum consolidation method is adopted. In this method, a Prefabricated Vertical Drain (PVD) is installed, and a vacuum is applied to impose pressure as preloading. Because of the consolidation process, theoretically, the effective stress of the consolidated soil increases, and the soil shear strength does as well. Increasing the shear strength of the soils will increases the pile capacity. However, the interesting question is how much the shear strength of the soil can increase and impacts the pile capacity. In this paper, the shear strength improvement of the consolidated soil and the effect on pile bearing capacity is evaluated. This study used a series of in-situ tests that were carried out before and after the vacuum consolidation. A pile loading test using the Pile Dynamic Analyzer (PDA) method was carried out to verify the pile bearing capacity improvements. From the comparison result, it is shown that the theoretical capacity of the piles after consolidation were close to the pile test results.
The Safety Assessment of Chemical Grouting “Sodium Silicate-based” in Indonesian Soils Rizky Satria Putranto; Hideki Shimada; Imam Achmad Sadisun; Masyhur Irsyam; Sugeng Wahyudi; Tomohiko Abe
Indonesian Geotechnical Journal Vol. 2 No. 3 (2023): Vol. 2, No. 3, December 2023
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.56144/igj.v2i3.66

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Chemical grouting is a method to improve or accelerate the solidification process on a loose soil. The implementation of improper chemical grouting may lead to affect the safety level of groundwater; thus, the technical ability and safety should be analyzed comprehensively to prevent degenerative effect on environment. Volcanic soil is targeted on this research coherent to the abundancy in Indonesia. In this study, a field scale test was conducted to validate leaching test results that were obtained in the lab and to confirm the safety of sodium silicate-based chemical grouting. In addition, the geoelectric survey was conducted to ensure the flowing of groundwater by observing resistivity of soil layer. On laboratory test result, the significance basic pH was observed, in consequence some test revealed an increase in concentration of heavy metals. The bench test was conducted in Jatinangor area’s soil as a representative of Indonesian soil to validate the laboratory result. During the bench test, the pH of ground water was monitored continuously for 5 months, where a slight increase in the pH values of ground water was observed. In addition to that, water samples were collected and analyzed in the laboratory to examine heavy metal contamination in ground water on the 18th day after the chemical grouting injection was started. However, the increased concentration was not found which indicates the pH control shall be the main control of metal leaching. As the conclusion, pH monitoring as early measurement for chemical grouting effect on groundwater is proposed to be set as standard for chemical grouting work.
Ground Improvement and Monitoring for a Reclamation on Reclaimed Soft Soil in Singapore Patrick Mengé; Thomas Vergote; Johny Van Acker; Handojo Ronald Yohanson
Indonesian Geotechnical Journal Vol. 2 No. 3 (2023): Vol. 2, No. 3, December 2023
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.56144/igj.v2i3.67

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Land reclamation works for land development and harbor construction generally require large amounts of sand. At the same time the dredging of access channels, berth pockets and turning circles for shipping may generate both, ‘suitable’ and ‘unsuitable’ dredged sediments. The definition of suitable in general focusses on well compactable granular material with a low fines content. However, in the present times of environmental awareness and search for sustainable solutions, the offshore dumping and disposing of ‘unsuitable’ fine-grained material is not deemed sustainable anymore. In this paper the Tuas Terminal Phase 1 (TTP1) in Singapore will be discussed. All dredged soft clay and residual soils were used in the reclamation and capped with a layer of limited thickness of clean sand. To achieve the design requirements, ground improvement by means of surcharge with prefabricated vertical drains (PVD’s) was performed. To demonstrate the effectiveness and results of the ground improvement works, extensive monitoring by means of settlement beacons and clusters of extensometers and porewater pressure meters was setup. Even on-site developed ‘floating’ piezometers were developed to monitor the consolidating slurry. The execution of these works required adapted execution and advanced design methods. The design and prediction of the behavior of the sediments during improvement and on the long term was a challenge. The correct prediction of deformations and the level of the soft soil-granular soil interface was important to guarantee the correct sand cap thickness after ground improvement. The long-term behavior after overconsolidation through ground improvement was studied in detail. This has led to the development of a more correct prediction method to estimate the secondary settlements of PVD-improved overconsolidated soft soil. The reclamation of the TTP1 terminal proved to be a success where stringent design requirements were met while re-using ‘unsuitable’ material and minimizing the import of clean sand.
CBR Correlation with Index and Compaction Properties of Soil Wahid Sapta; Yudi Harianto; Nurly Gofar
Indonesian Geotechnical Journal Vol. 2 No. 3 (2023): Vol. 2, No. 3, December 2023
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.56144/igj.v2i3.72

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California Bearing Ratio (CBR) is widely used in the design of roads to indicate the bearing capacity of subgrade as well as each layer of the flexible pavement system. However, the procedure for obtaining the CBR value is often considered complicated and time-consuming, thus; some correlations were developed by previous researchers between the CBR value and index properties such as fine content (w), liquid limit (LL), and plasticity index (PI) of the soil, as well as between the CBR value and compaction properties i.e., optimum moisture content (OMC) and maximum dry density (MDD). This study was conducted to evaluate the applicability of the published correlation on the soil obtained in Palembang and the surrounding areas. In this case, 30 sets of secondary data were collected and selected from past projects. In addition, laboratory tests were conducted on five sets of samples for verification purposes. The laboratory tests include a wet sieve to obtain fine content, Atterberg limits to determine soil’s plasticity, and a standard Proctor test to obtain OMC and MDD. Analysis shows that with modifications, some published correlations could be used to predict unsoaked and soaked CBR values for soils in Palembang. Furthermore, two correlations were developed between the CBR values and compaction properties of the soil based on statistical analysis of the collected data.
Non-Linear Multivariate Analysis with Artificial Neural Network in Estimating Compression Index for Cohesive Soils of Northern Jakarta Coast Andri Mulia; Elyada Eben Ezer; Kenandio Darmadi; M Addifa Yulman; Shandy Yudha Isa; Miftahurrohman; Aditya Hadyan Putra
Indonesian Geotechnical Journal Vol. 3 No. 1 (2024): Vol. 3, No. 1, April 2024
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.56144/igj.v3i1.80

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This study presents a novel application of artificial neural network (ANN) to develop a model for predicting compression index (Cc) of cohesive soils from their index properties. The model was trained using data from 347 undisturbed samples on a variety of cohesive soils from Northern Jakarta. It takes up to three variables as inputs: specific gravity (Gs), liquid limit (LL), and plastic limit (PL). The model was tested on a separate dataset of 117 samples and found to have a strong capability to predict Cc values when compared to some reference correlations. The ANN model has demonstrated good performance for each set by producing overall error of 29.6%, compared to 38.1% and 30.5% for the empirical formulas. This study shows that the application of ANN offers an essential advancement in this area, helping to overcome the limitation of conventional statistical correlation.
A Comparative Study of One-Dimensional Site Response Analysis on Deep Soft Clay Deposit using DEEPSOIL and NERA M Irfan Marasabessy; Masyhur Irsyam; Yuamar I Basarah
Indonesian Geotechnical Journal Vol. 3 No. 1 (2024): Vol. 3, No. 1, April 2024
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.56144/igj.v3i1.81

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Numerous high-rise buildings have been built in major cities in Indonesia. In high seismicity areas, such as Surabaya, the seismic behavior of structures is notably affected by the seismic characteristics of the subsurface soils. Typically, site-specific response analysis (SSRA) is conducted to determine the peak ground acceleration experienced at the ground surface. This paper compares one-dimensional site response analysis on deep soft clay deposits in Surabaya city using two commonly used 1D site response programs: DEEPSOIL and NERA (Non-linear Earthquake Site Response Analyse). A soil column model with 24 m thick very soft clay was developed. To represent different ground motion intensity, three levels of input motion were applied at the bedrock with peak ground accelerations (PGA) of 0.07g, 0.3g, and 0.51g. These input motions were then applied in a one-dimensional non-linear site response analysis to evaluate the seismic soil response at the surface. The evaluation involves examining the peak ground acceleration (PGA) and maximum shear strain profiles obtained from both software programs. The results indicate that the non-linear analysis conducted with NERA yielded greater amplification factors across all periods compared to the results obtained from DEEPSOIL. For the low-intensity motion, both software showed amplification of the input motion for all periods. In contrast, the spectral response obtained with DEEPSOIL demonstrated de-amplification trends for periods less than 1 s for the case of medium and high-intensity motions, whereas no de-amplification was observed from the results of NERA. This difference results in the amplification for medium and high-intensity motions can be attributed to the strength correction factors that are implemented in the DEEPSOIL software to take into account the representative shear strength of the soil layers.
Slope Stability and Reliability Analysis of Earth Embankment Constructed for the Doubling of Railway Track Amit Srivastava; Khushboo Uniyal; Dileep Singh
Indonesian Geotechnical Journal Vol. 3 No. 1 (2024): Vol. 3, No. 1, April 2024
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.56144/igj.v3i1.82

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Embankments of greater height pose threat to its stability and require geotechnical investigation and intervention. Conventionally, limit equilibrium approach is used to estimate the factor of safety of the slope to assess its stability. Over a period of time, with experience and engineering judgments, a factor of safety of 1.4 is deemed sufficient for Indian practice. In the approach, it is inherently assumed that different sources of uncertainty due to testing errors, model transformation, and inherent variability of the geo-material are taken care of with the use of single value of factor of safety. Still, a question remains, whether the suggested factor of safety is acceptable in a given environment of uncertainty or there is a need to further utilize the probabilistic approach. The present study demonstrates how combination of First Order Reliability Method (FORM), Finite Element Method (FEM) and Response Surface Method (RSM) can be useful in the probabilistic assessment of proposed construction of new earth embankment for the doubling of a railway track. It is further highlighted that conventional factor of safety approach when used in conjunction with probabilistic analysis brings rationality in decision making. Also, based on results of slope stability and reliability analysis, it is proposed to incorporate soil nailing to further improve the stability of the earth embankment.
Analysis of Soil Improvement Through PVD and Vacuum Preloading with Several Equivalent Permeability Methods Zakwan Gusnadi; Iman Handiman; Herwan Dermawan; Asrinia Desilia
Indonesian Geotechnical Journal Vol. 3 No. 1 (2024): Vol. 3, No. 1, April 2024
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.56144/igj.v3i1.92

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Vacuum preloading combined with prefabricated vertical drain (PVD) is one of the common soft soil improvement methods. Soft soils often pose significant problems in construction projects due to their low shear strength and high compressibility, leading to settlement issues and potential structural instability. The PVD combined with vacuum preloading method addresses these problems by accelerating the consolidation process and minimizing settlement during service period. The acceleration occurs due to the presence of PVD, allowing dissipation of excess pore water in horizontal direction towards the PVD. Thereafter, the water in the PVD is drained to the surface. When modelled in 2D, PVD behaves as a continuous drain in the plane strain direction, causing the flow conditions to deviate from the actual conditions. To address this issue, equivalent soil permeability values is required, allowing the 2D model to produce results closely resembling the actual conditions. This research explores the improvement of PVD vacuum preloading through three equivalent permeability approaches. Utilizing field monitoring data, which includes settlement measurements from settlement plates, changes in pore water pressure recorded by piezometers, and lateral deformation data captured by inclinometers, the study evaluates the effectiveness of these approaches. Comparative analyses with field monitoring data reveal that Indraratna equivalent permeability method has the best fit. The integration of PVD and vacuum preloading, coupled with the refinement of equivalent permeability methodologies, offers a promising solution for addressing soft soil problems in geotechnical engineering. This research contributes to the practical application of these methods in construction projects, emphasizing their potential to enhance soil stabilization and reduce settlement-related risks.