Attenuation of Vibrations Induced by Blasting in Conglomerate Rock Formation

Z-99 Title P068 Attenuation of Vibrations Induced by Blasting in Conglomerate Rock Formation AUTHOR Summary 1 Abstract Ground vibrations produced by blasting are of high interest because of the possibility of damages to structures (e.g. cosmetic cracking foundation wall cracks) and because they can be annoying to humans. Therefore control of vibrations is very significant especially when structures are near the blasting area. This paper only considers the simplified calculation of the attenuation equation of vibrations produced by blasting in conglomerate rock formation. In particular the paper calculates the Log-normally distributed attenuation of peak particle velocity (PPV) as a function