Interdisciplinary Social Studies
Vol. 5 No. 1 (2025): Regular Issue: October-December 2025

Analysis of the Effectiveness of Modified Chicken Foot (CAM) in Reducing Pavement Settlement on Embankments on the Trans-Sumatra Toll Road

Bagas Dwi Purwantoro (Institut Teknologi Sepuluh November, Indonesia)
Trihanyndio Rendy Satrya (Institut Teknologi Sepuluh November, Indonesia)
Ria Asih Aryani Soemitro (Institut Teknologi Sepuluh November, Indonesia)



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Publish Date
19 Dec 2025

Abstract

The construction of the Trans Sumatra Toll Road (JTTS) Betung – Jambi Section 1B faces challenges due to highly compressible soft soil conditions, which have the potential to cause excessive settlement and embankment stability problems. This study aims to optimize embankment management at STA 43+225 – 43+375 which was initially a 2m replacement by evaluating the effectiveness of Modified Chicken Foot (CAM), combined with variations in replacement depth from 0 to 2 m. The analysis was carried out using the finite element method with the PLAXIS 2D assisted program to compare the performance of consolidation settlement and safety factor ( SF ). The results showed that the application of CAM provided a delay effect ( delaytime ) on the initial settlement rate and significantly reduced the total settlement. The combination of Replacement 2 m + CAM showed optimal performance, suppressing the settlement of 5 m embankment to 0.811 m (reduced by 17% from the alternative without CAM. In addition, the application of CAM was proven to improve stability, with the highest SF value reaching 2,055 on a 3 m embankment without replacement.

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Environmental Science Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Public Health Social Sciences

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nterdisciplinary Social Studies (ISS) is an interdisciplinary publication of social studies and writing which publishes papers to international audiences of social researchers. ISS aims to provide a forum for scholarly understanding of social studies and plays an important role in promoting the ...