Abstrakt
This study aims to investigate the effects of manure and vermicompost in terms of soil elasticity modulus changes in loam
soil. The uniaxial compression test measures the compressive strength of a soil cylinder without any lateral load. The modulus
of elasticity was determined by plotting the strain-stress diagrams and calculating the slope of these diagrams. The increase in
moisture and organic matter content significantly improved soil flexibility and decreased its elasticity modulus. It was found that
adding animal manure had a greater effect on the flexibility of the soil as compared to vermicompost, while the elasticity modulus
of the samples containing animal manure was lower. The interaction effect of moisture and the organic matter content indicated
that the increase in humidity was more effective in the soil containing vermicompost as compared to the soil containing manure,
such that when the manure rate was around 19%, the moisture increase had no significant impact on the elasticity modulus. It was
found that adding organic matter was more effective at the low moisture level of 15.5% than at higher moistures where the effect
of adding organic matter did not affect the soil elasticity modulus decrement as strongly.