Crack response to long-term environmental and blast vibration effects

Charles Dowding; Laureen M. McKenna

doi:10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2005)131:9(1151)

Crack response to long-term environmental and blast vibration effects

Charles Dowding^*, Laureen M. McKenna

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Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Abstract

This paper synthesizes seven case histories of micrometer changes in the width of cosmetic cracks in a wide range of wall materials and structure types produced by long term (environmental) and transient (blast vibration) effects. Long term crack response over periods of days to weeks is compared to changes in temperature and humidity. Transient crack response is compared to peak velocity ground motions and structural response. It was found that long term, weather-induced crack response can be more than 1 order of magnitude larger than that induced by noticeable ground motions of 2.5 mm/s (0.1 in./s) and that crack response correlates best with wall shear strains. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmetal Engineering

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1151-1161
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume	131
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2005)131:9(1151)
State	Published - Sep 1 2005

Keywords

Blasting
Cracking
Humidity
Temperature
Velocity
Vibration
Walls
Weather

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Environmental Science(all)
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology

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