Structural safety criteria for blasting vibration based on wavelet packet energy spectra

Given multi-resolution decomposition of wavelet packet transforms, wavelet packet frequency band energy has been deduced from different bands of blasting vibration signals. Our deduction reflects the total effect of all three key elements (intensity, frequency and duration of vibration) of blasting vibration. We considered and discuss the dynamic response of structures and the effect of inherent characteristics of controlled structures to blasting vibration. Frequency band response coefficients for controlled structures by blasting vibration have been obtained. We established multi-factor blasting vibration safety criteria, referred to as response energy criteria. These criteria reflect the total effect of intensity, frequency and duration of vibration and the inherent characteristics (natural frequency and damping ratio) of dynamic responses from controlled structures themselves. Feasibility and reliability of the criteria are validated by an example.