Effects of Low Flying Aircraft on Archaeological Structures

Abstract

Induced vibrations from aircraft overflights were measured at Long House, an Anasazi Indian site dating from approximately AD 1300. Aircraft overflights were performed by RF-4C, A-7, and B-52 aircraft at altitudes ranging from 60 to over 300 meters AGL. Seismometers on the Long House structure recorded the site response. None of the overflights produced site responses exceeding established criteria for archaeological sites, taken to be a peak vector sum wall velocity of 1.3 mm/sec. Keywords: Motion forecasts, Cliff dwellings, Long house.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 26, 1988
Accession Number
ADA215447

Entities

People

  • James C. Battis

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustics
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Altitude
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Earth Sciences
  • Flight
  • Frequency
  • Instrumentation
  • Low Altitude
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Overflight
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Seismometers
  • Vibration

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Archaeological Resource Survey
  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Molecular Genetics