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Physical properties of undisturbed tropical peat soil at Pekan district, Pahang, west Malaysia

Peat soilare considered soft soilwith havingweakcharacteristicssuch as low shear strength, high moisture content, and compressibility. Construction perspective, peat soilis consideredas unstable soil due to its poor engineering properties. It may cause an extensive loss in road or...

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Main Authors: Wahab, Abdul, Hasan, Muzamir, Mohd Kusin, Faradiella, Embong, Zaidi, Uz Zaman, Qamar, Babar, Zaheer Uddin, Imran, Muhammad Syamsul
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Published: Penerbit UTHM 2022
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/102765/
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spelling my.upm.eprints.1027652024-06-30T01:32:16Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/102765/ Physical properties of undisturbed tropical peat soil at Pekan district, Pahang, west Malaysia Wahab, Abdul Hasan, Muzamir Mohd Kusin, Faradiella Embong, Zaidi Uz Zaman, Qamar Babar, Zaheer Uddin Imran, Muhammad Syamsul Peat soilare considered soft soilwith havingweakcharacteristicssuch as low shear strength, high moisture content, and compressibility. Construction perspective, peat soilis consideredas unstable soil due to its poor engineering properties. It may cause an extensive loss in road orbuilding construction projects. Thekey objectives of the current study areto examinethe physical properties of peat soil including shear strength, liquidlimit, moisturecontent, organic content, pH, and dry densityof peat soil inPekandistrict.The peatsamples were collected fromKampung Bahru(KB), Kampung Lancing I(KLI), and Kampung LancingII (KL II), Pekan District, Pahang, Malaysia. Thefinding indicates that the shear strength (kPa) for was measured in between 7.2 to 8.2 kPa. The water content was recorded 537.10%to635.28%. The liquid limit was examined 137.638%to 152.540 %, themaximum drydensity wasexamined6.68 x 10-7kg/cm3to 7.99x 10-7kg/cm3. Theaverage organic content was calculated as approximately 95.88 % to98.48 %. In comparisonwith previous study,its indicatedthat the investigatedpeat soil in Pekan area is mainlycontent with lower shearstrength, highwater content, liquid limit, and low density, resulting in low strengthening properties. Based on the examined physical properties, its specifiedthat peat did not have adequate stability as a road or building foundation.Strengthenof peat are highlyrecommendedfor any types of construction onpeatlandin Pekan district, Pahang, Malaysia. Penerbit UTHM 2022 Article PeerReviewed Wahab, Abdul and Hasan, Muzamir and Mohd Kusin, Faradiella and Embong, Zaidi and Uz Zaman, Qamar and Babar, Zaheer Uddin and Imran, Muhammad Syamsul (2022) Physical properties of undisturbed tropical peat soil at Pekan district, Pahang, west Malaysia. International Journal of Integrated Engineering, 14 (4). pp. 403-414. ISSN 2229-838X; ESSN: 2600-7916 https://publisher.uthm.edu.my/ojs/index.php/ijie/article/view/8667 10.30880/ijie.2022.14.04.031
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description Peat soilare considered soft soilwith havingweakcharacteristicssuch as low shear strength, high moisture content, and compressibility. Construction perspective, peat soilis consideredas unstable soil due to its poor engineering properties. It may cause an extensive loss in road orbuilding construction projects. Thekey objectives of the current study areto examinethe physical properties of peat soil including shear strength, liquidlimit, moisturecontent, organic content, pH, and dry densityof peat soil inPekandistrict.The peatsamples were collected fromKampung Bahru(KB), Kampung Lancing I(KLI), and Kampung LancingII (KL II), Pekan District, Pahang, Malaysia. Thefinding indicates that the shear strength (kPa) for was measured in between 7.2 to 8.2 kPa. The water content was recorded 537.10%to635.28%. The liquid limit was examined 137.638%to 152.540 %, themaximum drydensity wasexamined6.68 x 10-7kg/cm3to 7.99x 10-7kg/cm3. Theaverage organic content was calculated as approximately 95.88 % to98.48 %. In comparisonwith previous study,its indicatedthat the investigatedpeat soil in Pekan area is mainlycontent with lower shearstrength, highwater content, liquid limit, and low density, resulting in low strengthening properties. Based on the examined physical properties, its specifiedthat peat did not have adequate stability as a road or building foundation.Strengthenof peat are highlyrecommendedfor any types of construction onpeatlandin Pekan district, Pahang, Malaysia.
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author Wahab, Abdul
Hasan, Muzamir
Mohd Kusin, Faradiella
Embong, Zaidi
Uz Zaman, Qamar
Babar, Zaheer Uddin
Imran, Muhammad Syamsul
spellingShingle Wahab, Abdul
Hasan, Muzamir
Mohd Kusin, Faradiella
Embong, Zaidi
Uz Zaman, Qamar
Babar, Zaheer Uddin
Imran, Muhammad Syamsul
Physical properties of undisturbed tropical peat soil at Pekan district, Pahang, west Malaysia
author_facet Wahab, Abdul
Hasan, Muzamir
Mohd Kusin, Faradiella
Embong, Zaidi
Uz Zaman, Qamar
Babar, Zaheer Uddin
Imran, Muhammad Syamsul
author_sort Wahab, Abdul
title Physical properties of undisturbed tropical peat soil at Pekan district, Pahang, west Malaysia
title_short Physical properties of undisturbed tropical peat soil at Pekan district, Pahang, west Malaysia
title_full Physical properties of undisturbed tropical peat soil at Pekan district, Pahang, west Malaysia
title_fullStr Physical properties of undisturbed tropical peat soil at Pekan district, Pahang, west Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Physical properties of undisturbed tropical peat soil at Pekan district, Pahang, west Malaysia
title_sort physical properties of undisturbed tropical peat soil at pekan district, pahang, west malaysia
publisher Penerbit UTHM
publishDate 2022
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/102765/
https://publisher.uthm.edu.my/ojs/index.php/ijie/article/view/8667
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