A case study of blasting vibration attenuation based on wave component characteristics

A typical blasting vibration wave is a composite wave, and its attenuation law is affected by the type of dominant wave component. The purpose of the present study is to establish an attenuation equation of the peak particle velocity (PPV), taking into account the attenuation characteristics of P-, S- and R-waves in the blasting vibration wave. Field blasting tests were carried out as a case to specifically apply the proposed equation. In view of the fact that the discrete properties of rock mass will inevitably cause the uncertainty of blasting vibration, we also carried out a probability analysis of PPV uncertainty, and introduced the concept of reliability to evaluate blasting vibration. The results showed that the established attenuation equation had a higher prediction accuracy, and can be considered as a promising equation implemented on more complex sites. The adopted uncertainty analysis method can comprehensively take account of the attenuation law of blasting vibration measured on site and discrete properties of rock masses. The obtained distribution of the PPV uncertainty factor can quantitatively evaluate the reliability of blasting vibration, which is a powerful and necessary supplement to the PPV attenuation equation.