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<br /> <br />C. F. & I. CANOP7 CITY QUARRY REPORT <br />CRITERION <br />Many criteria have been advanced to limit the amount of vibration to assure <br />that no damage results to residential structures fran blasting operations. <br />The criterion in use is the United States and the ma,)ority of the world is <br />a limiting amount in terms of Particle Velocity. <br />In 1962, the United States Bureau of Mines published a review of criteria <br />for estimating damage to residences from blasting vibrations (Duvall & <br />Fogelson, 1962). This review included a survey of these papers: <br />1. Thcemen & Winder (U.S.B.M. Bulletin 442) 1942 <br />2, ra 9 Elms - Nltro Nobel (Sweden) 1957 <br />3. Edwards & Northwood (Canada 1960 with quantitative blast vibration <br />data and associated structural damage observations. <br />It was concluded that Particle Velocity was the most closely related to the <br />degree of damage, taking the variation of data gathered, the Bureau stated <br />(Bulletin 656 - 1971): <br />"Wave motion that have a peak particle velocity in excess of two inches <br />per second have a fair probability of producing damage to structures <br />(residential), whereas wave motions that have a peak particle velocity <br />less than two inches per second have a very low probability of causing <br />az'LY d~~ge • ~~ <br />VME - COIARADO <br />