Soil Sampling in Frozen Ground
Credits: 1 PDH
PDH Course Description:
This course covers the processes, equipment, special conditions, and issues encountered in the drilling and sampling of frozen soils.Topics:
- Introduction to sampling soil in frozen ground
- Drilling equipment
- Drill bits, cutting teeth characteristics
- Drill bit stability factors
- Advantages and Disadvantages of utilizing augers
- Use of drilling fluids and compressed air in the drilling process
- Minimizing the thermal disturbance of the borehole wall and core
- Specialty equipment: core lifters, rod stabilizers,drill collars, sludge barrels
- Procedures used in advancing the borehole
- Special considerations
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Intended Audience: This course is intended for Geotechnical, Civil, Environmental, Structural, Water Resources, and other engineers whose job description requires a general knowledge of drilling and sampling soils in frozen ground.
Publication Source: US Corp of Engineers
Donald Parnell, PE