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Construction Vibrations
Vibration Sources
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Blasting-explosions
Construction equipment
Trains-bart-street cars
Air blasts
• SINGLE v. CONTINUOUS VIBRATIONS
Wave Types
• P-WAVES (compressive)
• S-WAVES (shear)
• Rayleigh waves/ surface waves
Units of Measurements
• PPV - peak particle velocity (in/sec)
Vibratory Compactor
CONSTRUCTION VIBRATIONS
V.
BUILDING DAMAGE
• Bmr ri-8507
Damage Evaluation
• My house has cracks and those machines
caused them!!!!!!
Evaluation Problems
• Human perception of vibrations
• Strain levels
• After the fact investigations
Sidewalk
Demo.
Excavator
Vibratory
Compactor
56 Feet
Vibratory
Compactor
4 Feet