Procedures for Estimating the Flat-Weighted Peak Level Produced by Surface and Buried Charges

Abstract

A procedure has been developed for environmental officers and planners to estimate the immediate noise impacts of demolition and explosive operations. This three-step procedure involves finding a peak level at a particular distance, based on data for TNT, then calculating two correction factors, one for the type and weight of explosive and one for how deeply the charge is buried. When the reference TNT level and these correction factors are combined, the sum is an estimate of the peak level which that charge will produce in that situation. This can be used to predict the likelihood of complaints and damage, and procedures can be adjusted accordingly. All this can be done manually using tables given in this report. In addition, a computer program to implement this procedure has been developed and installed on the Environmental Technical Information System (ETIS). Keywords: Explosives, Noise pollution, TNT, Demolitions, Underground explosions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA199857

Entities

People

  • Michael T. Bobak
  • Richard Raspet

Organizations

  • Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammonium Nitrate
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Demolition
  • Demolition Charges
  • Engineering
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Governments
  • Gunpowder
  • Information Systems
  • Measurement
  • Rocket Oxidizers
  • Shaped Charges
  • Standards
  • United States
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Acoustics.
  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Explosive Engineering.