Prediction of the air wave due to blasting inside tunnels: Approximation to a 'phonometric curve'

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 483-489

  Rodríguez, Rafael ^a   Lombardía, Cristobal ^a   Torno, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air wave effects; Blasting air wave; Blasting noise; Overpressure air wave

Indexed keywords

AIR WAVES; ATTENUATION CURVE; DESIGN PARAMETERS; OVERPRESSURE; OVERPRESSURE AIR WAVE; SOUND LEVEL; TUNNEL PORTALS;

WAVE EFFECTS;

BLASTING;

BLASTING; NOISE; OVERPRESSURE; TUNNEL DESIGN; TUNNELING; WAVE ATTENUATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 77952552211     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2010.01.011     Document Type: Article

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