Cosmetic and structural cracks are a large concern for homeowners. Although these cracks can develop from a variety of causes: differential foundation settlement, occupant activity, climatological effects, as well as dynamic events, people tend to look to dynamic events like blasting, construction, or traffic vibrations to be the culprit. This report aims to assuage the concerns about blasting vibrations near a residential structure in suburban Wisconsin by comparing crack responses caused by weather fronts to those caused by ground motions.

Last modified

• 08/14/2017

Creator

• Jeffrey Meissner
• Charles H. Dowding

DOI

• https://doi.org/10.21985/N2KF55

Publisher

• Northwestern University Libraries

Language

• English

Keyword

• Crack responses
• Structural integrity assessment
• Ground motions

Date created

• 2009

Related url

•  http://iti.northwestern.edu/publications/dowding/acm/Milwaukee%20Report.pdf

Resource type

• Report

License

• All rights reserved