EARTHWORKS BLASTING IN URBAN ZONES. CONTROL OF VIBRATIONS
TERRASSEMENT A L'EXPLOSIF EN SITE URBAIN - CONTROLE DES VIBRATIONS
During the construction of an underground parking garage under the Pope Palace, in Avignon, tests were carried out on blasting and earthworks control in limestone terrain, under loose soil, before and during earthworks with a view to preventing damage to buildings. The rate of oscillation at one point during vibration was measured in the various structures to be protected, and a relation was established between the rate of oscillation and blasting so as to measure the effects of the latter. It was shown that it is quite possible to efficiently control the effects of blasting on the environment. /TRRL/
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Corporate Authors:
Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chausees (LCPC)
Boulevard Lefebvre 58
Paris Cedex 15, France F-75732 -
Authors:
- Chapot, P
- Publication Date: 1976-9-10
Language
- French
Media Info
- Features: Photos;
- Pagination: p. 143-145
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Serial:
- Bulletin de Liaison des Lab des Ponts et Chaussees
- Issue Number: 85
- Publisher: Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chausees (LCPC)
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Earthwork; Environment; Environmental impacts; Excavation; Excavations; Limestone; Oscillation; Presplitting (Blasting); Soils; Speed; Structures; Surveillance; Testing; Tests; Underground parking garages; Urban areas; Vibration; Vibrators (Electricity)
- Uncontrolled Terms: Soil conditions
- Old TRIS Terms: Vibrators
- ITRD Terms: 5188: Blasting; 3352: Building (structure); 3653: Earthworks; 5155: Excavation (process); 4131: Limestone; 5408: Speed; 9101: Surveillance; 6255: Test; 914: Underground parking garage; 5558: Vibration
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Environment; Geotechnology; Highways; I51: Earthworks and Soil Drainage;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00168164
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
- Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Jun 14 1978 12:00AM