Deep boring test(wash boring)

Procedure:

 In wash boring process, a piece of casing with a diameter about 50 to 100 mm and to a
depth of 1.5 m to 3.0 m is directly driven into the ground.
 The casing is provided with a chopping bit fastened on the lower end of a wash pipe that is
inserted inside the casing in order to remove the soil inside the casing.
 At first water is forced through the wash pipe which emerges along the chopping bit through
a small opening with a high velocity.
 Due to the high velocity of water, the soil is cut into fragments and soil water slurry comes
up through the annular space between the wash pipes and casing.
 As shown in figure 1, the T-connection fixed at the top aids the collection of wash water in a
sump made nearby.
 During boring a hole, the wash water thus collected is again pumped through a hose into the
wash pipe.
 As the process continues, a borehole is developed and additional casing pipe and drill rods
are added.
 A swivel head provided between the water hose and water pipe so that the wash pipe and
chopping bit can be twisted and pressed down whereby the borehole is advanced further
into the soil.
 But, while we drive the casing into the soil, the swivel head is removed. Following the same
process repeatedly, a borehole of required depth is obtained.

Wash Boring set up

 This type of method of boring is suitable for all types of soil except gravels and boulders.
 And, to add more this process is very fast.
 For clayey soil, casing is not required.
 Observing the slurry flowing out of the hole, we can predict the type of soil.
 Similarly, the change of color in the wash water indicates the change in the soil strata.

Samples are taken from the materials settled in the sump. But, the samples thus taken would be
highly disturbed and provides only a rough prediction of the soil type. For adequate accuracy of the
samples taken, we follow a suitable sampling procedure at any desired depth by replacing the
chopping bit with a sampling tube. Generally, this method is used for the preliminary investigation
phase of the exploration.
Advantages:

 This method is effective for cohesion soil

 Does not require a large budget to be performed.
 It offers minimum disturbance of the soil while working with cohesion less soil.
 This method is not restricted to the GWT it can be used both above GWT and below GWT.
 This method is not suitable for collapsible soil.