Ground vibration due to blasting in limestone quarries

Fragblast

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 85-94

  Adhikari, G R ^a   Theresraj, A I ^a   Venkatesh, H S ^a   Balachander, R ^a   Gupta, R N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ROCK MECHANICS   (India)

Author keywords

Blasting; Frequency; Ground vibration; Limestone quarries; Peak particle velocity

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; LIMESTONE; QUARRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VIBRATION CONTROL; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

DESIGN PARAMETERS; GROUND VIBRATIONS; LIMESTONE QUARRIES; PEAK PARTICLE VELOCITY (PPV);

BLASTING;

DATABASE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GROUND MOTION; LIMESTONE; QUARRY; VIBRATION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 14944371398     PISSN: 1385514X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13855140412331336160     Document Type: Article

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