Published Resources Details
Conference Paper
- Title
- Reducing risks to historical buildings from ground vibrations
- In
- 19th Australasian engineering heritage conference: putting water to work: steam power, river navigation and water supply
- Imprint
- Engineering Heritage Australia, Barton, Australian Capital Territory, 2017, pp. 222-32
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781922107923
- Url
- https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.384689082632260
- Subject
- History of Applied Sciences Engineering and Technology
- Abstract
Ground vibrations generated by construction equipment, mine blasting and other sources are frequently blamed for causing destructive damage to buildings, infrastructure and natural features. Whilst this is sometimes the case, human perceptions of the effects, and the reactions to these perceptions, often do not accord with the facts as measured and analysed. The conservative measures taken to prevent damage often increase costs while providing no benefits for the building owners.
A better knowledge of a structure's behaviour when subject to vibration from external sources can reduce the costs of mining and construction, allow ground vibration magnitudes to be increased and so give incentives to constructors and miners to design ground vibrations to cause least risk to the structures. This approach lowers structure risk while allowing cost savings for the miners and constructors: cost savings are big incentive to "do the right thing".
The author has had extensive experience in assessing and monitoring historical buildings which may have been affected by ground vibrations and has developed analysis methods to provide objective opinions on likely effects. With reference to prevailing Standards and detailed analysis, a fresh approach is recommended to benefit all.
- Source
- cohn 2018
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- 19th Australasian engineering heritage conference: putting water to work: steam power, river navigation and water supply edited by Engineers Australia and Engineering Heritage Australia (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Engineers Australia, 2017), 536 pp. Details