Bearing Capacity on Slope Modeling with Composite Bamboo Pile Reinforcement
As’ad Munawir1, Murni Dewi2, Yulvi Zaika3, Agoes Soehardjono MD4
1Munawir, A,  Civil  Engineering, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia.
2Dewi, S. M, Civil  Engineering, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia.
3Zaika, Y, Civil  Engineering, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia.
4Soehardjono, A,  Civil  Engineering, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia.
Manuscript received on May 24, 2013. | Revised Manuscript received on June 07, 2013. | Manuscript published on June 30, 2013. | PP: 114-118 | Volume-2, Issue-5, June 2013. | Retrieval Number: E1726062513/2013©BEIESP

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Abstract: The footing that placed on slope surface will decrease bearing capacity of soil. The function of using composite bamboo pile is to increase bearing capacity of footing on slope and that is one of the innovative slope reinforcement methods which necessary for last few years. Slope modeling with composite bamboo reinforcement was using an experiment box with 1,50 m as length; 1,0 m as width and 1,0 m as height. It used sand soil with fine gradation and composite bamboo pile with various pile length and pile location. The load was modeled as a strip footing with continuous increasing load by load cell until the limit load has been reach. The problem occurred in laboratory has been analyzed with Finite Element Method. It changed 3D slope modeling to be 2D modeling. Composite bamboo pile has been chosen as a new utilization innovation of bamboo as reinforced pile and that’s a positive value to optimize bamboo local material as steel reinforced replacement material. The result of experiment using composite bamboo as pile reinforcement on slope has increased slope bearing capacity. It shown with significant increasing of bearing capacity and maximum limit load can be reached on slope.
Keywords: Bearing capacity improvement, bearing capacity on slope, composite bamboo pile, finite element method.