Abstract
Excavation support fluids are used in a wide variety of civil engineering operations including piling, diaphragm walling, slurry tunnelling, horizontal directional drilling, oil and water well drilling, drilling site investigation boreholes and the formation of cut-off walls and drainage walls. In each of these applications the role of the fluid is to keep the hole open until a permanent element (concrete, lining etc) is installed. This paper will focus on the use of polymer excavation fluids for piling though polymers can and have been used in all the applications cited except for low permeability cut-off walls, which remain an area of need and opportunity.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Geotechnical issues in construction |
| Subtitle of host publication | short paper series and 2nd conference held on 2 November 2009, at CIRIA, London |
| Place of Publication | London, UK |
| Publisher | Construction Industry Research and Information Association |
| Pages | 7-12 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-0-86017-923-8 |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Keywords
- Polymer support fluids
- Excavation