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Slurry Displacement Piles

The filtration process is dependent upon many variables. These include the nature of the

ground formation, the amount of time the drilling slurry is in the drilled hole, the presence

of contaminants in the ground formation or groundwater, and the chemical additives used

in the drilling slurry, just to name a few. In general, the nature of the ground formation

and the amount of time the drilling slurry is in the drilled hole are the most important

The nature of the ground formation has an effect on the thickness of the filter cake that

develops on the sides of the drilled hole. In general, thicker cakes will form in looser ground

formations, such as open sands and gravels. Because the pore spaces between the individual

soil grains are larger in looser ground formations, the drilling slurry particles that are

driven into the ground formation by positive effective stress tend to flow past the soil grains

(Figure 9-3(a)). However, the drilling slurry particles will build up against the exposed

faces of the soil grains. This build-up is capable of forming a thick filter cake on the sides of

the drilled hole in a short period of time. In tighter ground formations, such as dense sands

and cohesive soils, the pore spaces between the individual soil grains are much smaller. The

drilling slurry particles tend to fill in the pore spaces (Figure 9-3(b)). Once the pore spaces

are filled, drilling slurry cannot be forced into the ground formation by positive effective

stress. This causes the build-up of filter cake to cease, resulting in a thinner filter cake

build-up than would be observed in looser ground formations.