TY - GEN
T1 - Applications of horizontal sampling and logging technologies in geotechnical site investigations
AU - Ariaratnam, Samuel T.
AU - Allouche, Erez N.
AU - Biggar, Kevin W.
AU - Clementino, Renato V.
AU - Robertson, Peter K.
PY - 1999/1/1
Y1 - 1999/1/1
N2 - Horizontal Directional Drilling enables the drilling of horizontal boreholes 50 mm (2 inches) to 1200 mm (48 inches) in diameter beneath surface/subsurface obstacles, over extended horizontal distances. Recently, this technology has expanded its application beyond the oil, gas, and utilities industries to include the sampling and logging of soils in geotechnical site investigations. This paper provides a short introduction to horizontal directional drilling. Horizontal sampling and logging tools including a prototype multiple-port soil sampler and a horizontal directional pre-bored cone penetration device (HD-PB-CPT), currently under development as part of an academia/industry collaborative research program, are described. Overall, horizontal directional drilling technology has valuable applications in site investigation, offering a more efficient and cost-effective method for collecting geotechnical and geo-environmental data.
AB - Horizontal Directional Drilling enables the drilling of horizontal boreholes 50 mm (2 inches) to 1200 mm (48 inches) in diameter beneath surface/subsurface obstacles, over extended horizontal distances. Recently, this technology has expanded its application beyond the oil, gas, and utilities industries to include the sampling and logging of soils in geotechnical site investigations. This paper provides a short introduction to horizontal directional drilling. Horizontal sampling and logging tools including a prototype multiple-port soil sampler and a horizontal directional pre-bored cone penetration device (HD-PB-CPT), currently under development as part of an academia/industry collaborative research program, are described. Overall, horizontal directional drilling technology has valuable applications in site investigation, offering a more efficient and cost-effective method for collecting geotechnical and geo-environmental data.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0032643580
SN - 0784404348
T3 - Geotechnical Special Publication
SP - 93
EP - 104
BT - Geotechnical Special Publication
PB - ASCE
T2 - Proceedings of the 1999 3rd National Conference onGeo-Engineering for Underground Facilities
Y2 - 13 July 1999 through 17 July 1999
ER -