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Suggested PPV Thresholds For Buildings PDF

The document provides suggested peak particle velocity (PPV) thresholds for different types of buildings based on various codes and studies. It lists the type of building, suggested PPV range in mm/sec, and associated frequency range in Hz. PPV thresholds vary depending on factors like building sensitivity, age, materials, and proximity to vibration sources. Most standards recommend measuring vibration at the foundation or highest floors of buildings. PPV limits range from 0.63 to 20 mm/sec generally, but can be higher for unreinforced structures or lower for very sensitive historic buildings.

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Suggested PPV Thresholds For Buildings PDF

The document provides suggested peak particle velocity (PPV) thresholds for different types of buildings based on various codes and studies. It lists the type of building, suggested PPV range in mm/sec, and associated frequency range in Hz. PPV thresholds vary depending on factors like building sensitivity, age, materials, and proximity to vibration sources. Most standards recommend measuring vibration at the foundation or highest floors of buildings. PPV limits range from 0.63 to 20 mm/sec generally, but can be higher for unreinforced structures or lower for very sensitive historic buildings.

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SUGGESTED PPV THRESHOLDS FOR BUILDINGS (Compiled: MCS Chaitanya & A Menon, 2012: IIT Madras) 

 
Code  Type of Building  PPV  Frequency  Remarks 
suggested  Range 
(mm/sec)  (Hz) 
DIN 4150 part 3, 1984  Sensitive buildings  3  1 to 10  Measured at the maximum points of amplitude for 
Structural Vibration [1]  under preservation  3 to 8  10 to 50  short term vibrations 
8 to 10  50 to 100 
2.5    Measured at highest floor for long‐term vibrations 
SN 640 312, 1978  Historical buildings  3  10 to 30   
Association of Swiss 
Highway Engineers[2] 
ISO 4866, 1990    5    Measured at base of the building facing the 
Mechanical vibration  source, A range of PPV for various sources is 
and shock, Vibration of  mentioned with frequency 
fixed structures[3] 
BS 7385 part 1 and 2,  Unreinforced or  15 to 20  4 to 15  Follows ISO 4866, 1990 for the measurement 
1993 Evaluation and  light framed    point, for <4 Hz low peak component particle 
measurement for   structures,  velocity value a  
vibration in buildings [4]  residential or light  20 to 50  >15  maximum displacement of 0.6 mm 
commercial type   
RI 8507, Report of  Residential  1.27  <40  1.91 mm/sec is safest approach usually 5 mm/sec 
Investigation, US  buildings with  1.91  >40  for >40 Hz, Vibration is from blasting 
Bureau of mines [5]  older walls 
CA 23, 1967 Australian  Heritage Structures  0.63  5  0.2mm displacement <15 Hz 
standard [6]  1.27  10 
1.91  >15 
UNI 9916, 1991 Italian  Historical  3  <10   Measured at foundation 
standards [2]  Structures  8 
Directorate General of  Objects of  2  <8   
Mines Safety, India [7]  historical 
importance &  5  8 to 25 
sensitive  
structures  10  >25 
Ashley [4]  Historical  7.5     
monuments 
Esteves [4]  Historical  2.5  It is been  Incoherent loose, soft coherent, rubble mixtures 
monuments and  based on  (c<1000m/sec, propagation velocity) 
special care  5  the type  Very hard to medium consistence coherent, 
buildings  of soil  uniform or well graded sand (c=1000 to 
2000m/sec) 
10  coherent hard and rock (c>2000m/sec) 
Skipp, Czechoslovakian  Old monuments  10     
[4]  Human perception  2.5  4 to 13 Hz for vertical and 0.5 to 2 Hz for horizontal directions 
 
[1] Structural Vibration part 3 Effect of vibration on structures, DIN 4150 
[2] M Crispino, Journal of Sound and vibration [2001] measurement and prediction of traffic‐induced vibrations in a 
heritage building 246(2), pp.319 to 335 
[3] International Organization for Standardization ISO 4866 [1990] 
[4] Evaluation and measurement for vibration in buildings BS 7385 part 1 and 2 [1993], British Standards Institution. 
[5] Report of Investigation; US Bureau of mines RI 8507 Structure response and damage produced by ground vibration 
from surface mine blasting 
[6] Australian standard, CA 23 [1967] 
[7] Directorate General of Mines Safety India, DGMS (Tech) (S&T) Circular No.7 [1997] 

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