Grand Summary Table

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Vibration Source

Max Crack Response¹²

Structure Location

Frame

Foundation

Stories

Wall
Ext.

Wall
Int.

Obs. Time
(weeks)

Crack
Location

Sensor
Type

Crack
Width

Weather

Vibration

Max PPV

Max Air
Pressure

Comparison

Vibration/Max Weather¹¹

(µm)

Season
(µm)

Max
(µm)

Daily
(µm)

(µm)

(mm/s)

(dB)

Additional Case Study Summaries

Naples, FL 2

Universal, IN 2

Singleton, Australia

- Crack 2

w

s

1

br

dw

16

e-br

strain gauge

2500

2200

84

20.8

145

0-p

0.038

Naples, FL

- Crack 5

bk

s

1

s

dw

26

e-s

ec

137

137

5.3

2.616

0-p

0.038

- Crack 7

bk

s

1

s

dw

26

i-dw

ec

200

200

11.6

2.616

0-p

0.058

- Crack 9

bk

s

1

s

dw

26

e-s

ec

273

273

3.1

2.616

0-p

0.011

Pineville, NC

w

s

1

br

dw

26.8

i-dw

ec

248

86

3.6

2.667

125

0-p

0.014

Trenton, MI

- Welch

w

b

2

al/br

dw

6.1

i-dw

ec

511

511

7.4

1.727

106

p-p

0.015

- Marian Manor

br

s

1

br

br

6.1

i-br

ec

138

138

2.9

4.191

112

p-p

0.021

Coal Mining

Evansville, IN (EV)

w¹

wo²

1

w/br³

dw⁴

0.2

i⁵-dw⁴-jt⁶

lvdt⁸

22

12.0

p-p⁹

0.410¹⁰

lvdt

58

12.0

0.160

Universal, IN (UN)

w

b²

2

al/br³

dw

36.0

i-dw

ec⁸

75

75

13.0

20.0

p-p

0.173

Kittanning, PA (KI)

t¹

b

1

al³

?

0.7

i-dw

ec

700

24

16

0.9

8.1

119

0-p⁹

0.038

Farmington, NM (NM)

?

?

1

ad³

dw

5.0

e⁵-s

ec

800

9

25

4.2

3.3

117

0-p

0.168

Francisco, IN 1 (FN1)

w

b

1

al

pl⁴

0.4

e-bk-f⁶

ec

500

12

9

0.3

5.8

117

0-p

0.025

Francisco, IN 2 (FN2)

w

b

1

al

pl

0.3

i-pl

ec

1200

52

25

13.6

7.6

126

0-p

0.262

Wales, UK (UK)

bk¹

s²

1

s³

p

1.0

i-p

lvdt

>45

Aggregate Quarry Blasting

Miami, FL (MF)

bk

s

1

s

dw

8.0

e-s

ec

75

46.0

17.7

0-p

0.613

Ft Lauderdale, FL (FL)

bk

s

1

s

dw

0.3

e-s

ec

72

0.7

11.2

p-p

0.010

i-jt

ec

44

0.9

11.2

p-p

0.021

Franklin, WI (FW)

bk

wo

1

st³

dw

>52.0

i-dw

ec

500

300

43

4.0

2.3

p-p

0.013

i-dw

ec

300

132

9.0

2.3

0.030

i-dw-c⁶

ec

300

134

7.0

2.3

0.023

Southbury, CT (SC)

w

wo

2

w³

dw

6.0

i-dw-c

ec

211

146

2.9

9.0

132

0-p

0.014

i-dw

ec

55

29

1.8

9.0

0.033

Albuquerque, NM (AM)

w

s

1

br

dw

5.0

e-br

ec

95

38

13.4

7.3

122

p-p

0.141

Franklin, KY (FK)

w

wo

1

br

dw

16.0

i-dw

ec

308

2.9

4.3

p-p

0.009

i-bk

ec

189

11.1

4.3

0.059

e-br

ec

685

17.1

4.3

0.025

Glen Allen, VA (GV)

w

cs²

2

w

dw

28.0

e-br-f⁶

ec

185

63

6.8

1.5

p-p

0.036

w

cs

1

br

dw

i-dw

ec

382

80

29.2

2.4

0.076

Construction Equipment & Blasting

McAllen, TX (MT)

w

s

1

br

dw

>12.0

i-dw-jt

lvdt

900

75.0

25.0

0-p

0.083

i-wd-b jt

lvdt

500

83.0

25.0

0.166

i-dw

lvdt

500

83.0

25.0

0.166

i-fp⁷

lvdt

975

125.0

25.0

0.128

Las Vegas, NV (LV)

w

s

1

s

dw

28.0

e-s(2)

lvdt

335

272

11.4

11.4

0-p

0.034

i-dw(3)

lvdt

109

32

1.8

11.4

0.017

e-s(5)

lvdt

394

254

2.5

11.4

0.006

Washington D.C. (DC)

w

½ b

4

s

pl

12.0

i-pl

ec

141

28

7.1

4.1

0-p

0.050

i-w

ec

287

33

1.4

4.1

0.005

e-s

ec

220

160

4.0

4.1

0.018

Henderson, NV (HV)

w

s

1

s

dw

4.6

e-s

ec

100

75

2.8

1.1

0-p

0.028

w

s

2

s

dw

e-s

ec

62

38

6.1

11.4

0.098

Albuquerque, NM (AN)

w

s

1+

s

dw

11.0

es

ec

394

263

124.0

9.3

p-p

0.315

Without Vibration

Evanston, IL (IE)

w

b

3

w

pl

12.0

i-pl

lvdt

25

i-pl

lvdt

10

i-pl

lvdt

250

Minneapolis, MN (MM)

bk

b

3

s

dw?

17.0

i-dw?

lvdt

1000

217

100

e-sb

lvdt

107

57

¹	w=wood, t=trailer, bk=block	⁵	i=interior, e=exterior	⁹	p-p = peak to peak, 0-p = zero to peak
²	wo=walkout basement, b=basement, s=slab	⁶	jt=dw joint, c-ceiling, f=foundation	¹⁰	Direct from Table EV-1 assuming maximum ppv of 12 mm/s
³	w=wood, br=brick, s=stucco, al=aluminum	⁷	fp=fire place	¹¹	Max Weather = maximum of Season, Max or Daily response
⁴	dw=drywall, pl=plaster & lath, p=plaster	8	lvdt = lvdt sensor, ec = eddy current sensor	¹²	Max = maximum of frontal or maximum observed