SOIL VIBRATIONS AND DAMAGE CRITERIA

This report, which should prove valuable to contractors, blasting consultants, and those concerned with the formulation of standards for safe blasting, presents an analysis of safe vibration levels applicable to blasting and similar construction vibrations. It also presents data from longterm observations of buildings in Sweden. This report is a compilation of a large number of projects in the field of soil vibrations where the vertical vibration velocity is viewed as a function of distance and charge weight. The compilation contains very heterogeneous measurement data since the results are based on various measuring techniques and instruments, and may also depend on individual interpretations of vibration values. Supplementary measurements have been made and one single relationship has been fit to all values.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Research Council of Canada

  1200 Montreal Road
  Ottawa, Ontario  Canada  K1A 0R6
• Authors:
  • Holmberg, R
  • Lundborg, N
  • Rundqvist, G
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 34 p.
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 249

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Building; Impact studies; Loss and damage; Presplitting (Blasting); Soils; Vibration
• Uncontrolled Terms: Criteria
• Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00387782
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: NRC/CNR TT-2072
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 28 1984 12:00AM