Citation

Stewart M, Beaven P. APWA Reporter 1980; 26 p..

Copyright

(Copyright © 1980, American Public Works Association)

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Abstract

The Transport and Road Research Laboratory is conducting a techniques for seismic refraction surveys of the appropriate standard for highway engineering purposes. The principles place during the construction of the A31 Poulner Lane diversion at Ringwood. This report describes the suryvey and presents some of the results. (Author/TRRL) equipment is normally used with a hammer energy source, and multi-channel equipment with explosive as the energy source. A code of practice for the handling of explosives is given. Site operations are described for the simpler single-channel instruments and for multi-channel equipment. It is emphasised that preliminary interpretations and calculations should be made in the field to check that enough information has been collected for satisfactory analysis. Two types of analysis are described. The first assumes that refraction occurs at a plane interface and the depth below each shot point is calculated for a three layer case. The second technique can be used to calculate the depth of a refractor beneath a geophone, and formulae are given to extend this to three layers. For this extended analysis additional field data is needed. The final section of the report describes some of the unusual situations which may lead to inaccurate interpretation of survey data. (Author/TRRL)