Conference Proceedings
Third International Symposium on Rock Fragmentation by Blasting, Brisbane, August 1990
Conference Proceedings
Third International Symposium on Rock Fragmentation by Blasting, Brisbane, August 1990
Blast Design Optimization to Minimize Induced Vibrations of Structures
As well as breaking and moving rock, blast energy sets up a seismic wave in the ground which can cause significant damage to rock structures and buildings and disturbance to human occupants. This seismic ground vibration is potentially most damaging when its dominant frequency coincides with the resonant frequency of a structure, leading to high amplification factors between the input ground vibration and the resulting structural response. This paper outlines methods of identifying the resonant frequency of structures. It also describes a practical numerical method for the modification of blast designs to reduce the ground vibration energy in critical frequency ranges. The method is illustrated with two recent case studies.
Contributor(s):
N Djordjevic, A Kavetsky, A Scott
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- Published: 1990
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