Blast Monitoring Equipment
Blast monitoring packages to the Australian Standard AS2187.2-2006 — the equipment to monitor ground vibration (peak particle velocity) and airblast.
The Australian Standard for Blast Monitoring (AS2187.2-2006) provides guidelines for the type of equipment required to monitor ground vibration (peak particle velocity, or PPV) and airblast overpressure (sound pressure level, or SPL). Here we will help you understand the equipment that you need to use to perform compliance monitoring for blasting.
Monitoring for Potential Damage
Unoccupied structures of reinforced concrete or steel construction have ground vibration limits for cosmetic damage of 100mm/s. Other structures or architectural elements that include masonry, plaster, and plasterboard in their construction have frequency-based limits. For reinforced or framed structures, industrial and heavy commercial buildings, the ground vibration limit is 50mm/s at 4Hz and above. For unreinforced or light framed structures, residential or light commercial type buildings, the limit is 15mm/s at 4Hz. This increases to 20mm/s at 15Hz, and to 50mm/s at 40Hz and above.
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Tell us what you are trying to measure
Describe the site and an ESS engineer will specify the instrument set — usually in one reply.
