RI 3542 House Movement Induced By Mechanical Agitation And Quarry Blasting - Progress Report 3 ? Introduction (32f9f2ac-a58d-460e-97a6-388556c7f340)

[For several years the Bureau of Mines conducted tests on ground vibration t emanating from quarry blasting in an effort to determine an index of destruction for different types of structures. Results of these studies have been published in four Bureau of Mines Reports of Invitations as well as in several articles in the trade and technical press.5/ The first paper (3)6/ discussed the subject in general and gave results s of a few blasting records. Some tentative theories also were advanced. The second paper (4) discussed results s of records made from blasting in a number of quarries.]