Blast vibration monitoring and control /
Charles H. Dowding
- United States of America : Prentice Hall, 1985
- xvii, 297 p. : Figure, Table, Ilustrations ; 23 cm
- In civil engineering and engineering mechanics .
Includes índex.
References: p. 279-287
Chap. 1. Introduction -- Chap. 2. Typical vibration histories and elementary analysis -- Chap. 3. Prediction of peak particle velocity -- Chap. 4. Ground strains from plane wave approximations -- Chap. 5. Response spectra and structural response -- Chap. 6. Prediction of principal frequency and response -- Chap. 7. Natural frequencies and damping of structures: Estimation and measurement -- Chap. 8. Air blasts and sound -- Chap. 9. Cosmetic cracking and its documentation -- Chap. 10. Cracking bounds and response spectra -- Chap. 11. Probability, fatigue, and new construction -- Chap. 12. Restrained response: tunnels, pipelines, and basement walls -- Chap. 13. Concrete, soil, machinery, and human or nonstructural concerns -- Chap. 14. Instrumentation and microcomputers -- Chap. 15. The explosion process and its products -- Chap. 16. Millisecond-delay initiation systems -- Chap. 17. Blast design -- Chap. 18. Timing, geometry, and loading effects on particle velocity