Intact soil cores

Intact cores are samples which represent soil in natural condition.

 

Used for

 

Column tests

 

Mechanisms & Methods

 

Two methods of taking undisturbed samples may be used:

  • Core boring: larger samples; standard method using trepanner.
  • Direct Push: small samples (diameter up to 5 cm), suitable for soils, not for rocks.
    The tube is pushed into the ground; inside there is another tube (thin-walled liner for containing and storing soil samples).

 

Read more

Read also
 

http://numac.com.au/direct-push-sampling

https://geoprobe.com/dt45-soil-sampling-system
ASTM D7015-13 (2013) Standard Practices for Obtaining Intact Block (Cubical and Cylindrical) Samples of Soils. ASTM International,.West Conshohocken, PA. www.astm.org

 

Contact

 

Kamil Nešetřil

Technical University of Liberec (TUL)

Email: kamil.nesetril@tul.cz