FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

ECV 3302 SOIL MECHANICS I
SEMESTER 2016/2017

LECTURER : DR NIK NORSYAHARIATI NIK DAUD

NO MATRIC NO NAME
1 182139 LAW KAY MIN
2 182709 GHAYATHIRY RAVINDRAN
3 185211 YANG MING
4 185358 NURUL ASYIKIN BT SURAN
5 185742 NURUL FARAHLISA BT BAGDAD
Port of Tanjung Pelepas,
Johor
Figure 1 : Geotechnical cross section for Port of Tanjung Pelepas
 Particle Size Analysis (%)
Depth (m) Gravel Sand Silt Clay
3.50 3.00 70.00 28.00 0.00
6.50 0.00 1.00 49.33 50.00
7.50 0.00 0.50 48.00 51.50
12.00 0.00 0.00 46.00 54.00
15.00 0.00 1.00 44.00 55.00
18.00 0.00 3.00 49.00 48.00
Soil improvement
BUKIT TINGGI, KLANG
SELANGOR
MAJOR SOIL TYPE : Soft Silty Clay (Klang Clay)

25m-30 m
Very soft to firm silty clay
Intermediate sandy layers

30m-40m
Silty sand

40m and below

Residual soil (Grade VI)
Completely weathered materials (Grade V)
floating piled raft
foundation
TYPE OF SOIL AT ALOR SETAR, KEDAH
 Kedah is one of the states in Malaysia & it is located in the north
of Peninsular Malaysia.
Kedah is rich in agricultural sector.

Most of the land in Kedah is lowland type.

In lowlands, various types of activities are carried out such as,

industrial, commercial, administrative areas, residential areas,
urban areas, agriculture and others.

Lowlands is suitable to be developed as township and

construction of transportation system .

 Black Earth soil

Figure 1. Black Earth

soil
Chang Chun is located in the eastern part of Songliao Plain in
northeast China. There are four seasons in one year: spring,
summer, fall and winter. The air is dry in spring, fall and winter,
however in summer it is usually warm and rainy. The major
soil found in Chang Chuns urban city area is black earth soil
 Basalt

Parent
Rock

Limeston
e

Soil profile

Soil profile:A or A-B-C

Organic content:3%-
10%

Humus layer
thickness:
30cm-70cm
Figure 2. Soil
proflies
Particle size distribution

Figure 3. Particle Size distribution based on seven soil profiles

Problem
Dilatation coefficient is big Repeatedly swell-shrink of soil
The structure displace and distort Structure failure

Solution
Replacement method
Improve soil properties by adding materials like lime or cement into
that swelling soil.
Add water into soil before construction.
SOIL TYPE IN SABAH
 4101M
HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA
4101M
HIGHEST MOUNTAIN
IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA
WHO EVER BEEN TO SABAH? ? . . .
 Geologically, intrusive igneous rock occurs in 3 main area Crocker
Ranger, Tawau and Lahad Datu such as gabbro, dolerite and diorite.
Other than that, sedimentary volcanic formation like sandstone,
mudstone, shale, clay limestone at Labuk Kinabatangan, Segama
and Semporna and basically form Crocker Ranger formation.
Examples. . .
Lithosols, red/yellow latosols and podsolics 41% at
Crocker Ranger while Tawau and Lahad Datu soils on
steeplands derived from volcanic ash and conglomerate
Red/yellow latosols and podsolics 36% Dipterocarp
forests in the Kinabatangan/Segama area are found on
ferric and orthic acrisols and luvisols (mainly equivalent to
red/yellow podsolic soils) developed on low mudstone and
sandstone hills in undulating area . .
 CONCLUSION
Different regions/state/country have
different types of soil
Why???
Influenced by climate, parent material,
organisms, topography and time.