Vibrations from underground blasting

Breakage and fragmentation modelling for underground production blasting applications

A review of breakage and fragmentation modelling literature has shown that only a few methodologies have been specifically developed for applications in underground production blasting. These approaches however, have applied empirical relations that do not adequately consider ring blasting geometries; have failed to appropriately respond to changes in basic design input parameters; and have pro...

Predictions of Experimentally Observed Stochastic Ground Vibrations Induced by Blasting

In the present paper, we investigate the blast induced ground motion recorded at the limestone quarry "Suva Vrela" near Kosjerić, which is located in the western part of Serbia. We examine the recorded signals by means of surrogate data methods and a determinism test, in order to determine whether the recorded ground velocity is stochastic or deterministic in nature. Longitudinal, transversal a...

Analysis of Structural Vibrations due to Passage of Underground Trains

During the last decades, the railway traffic in densely populated areas has increased. At the same time, passenger trains have become faster and freight trains have become heavier. Consequently, trains are an increasing source of ground vibration, which may be a nuisance to people, buildings and sensitive equipment. In this research, a two-dimensional dynamic system, including underground train...

Ground-borne vibrations and re-radiated noise in buildings from underground railways

A numerical model for ground-borne vibrations and re- radiated noise in buildings from underground railways

An efficient and modular numerical prediction model is presented to predict vibrations and re-radiated noise in buildings due to metro trains. The approach comprises of three weakly coupled problems: the dynamic vehicle-track-tunnel-soil interaction problem, the dynamic soil-structure interaction problem and the calculation of the acoustic response inside the rooms. The three-dimensional dynami...