ABSTRACT
Since the 1980s, the whole time-history prediction of blasting vibration has been studied worldwide. The linear superposition model based on the measured vibrations from single blasts was proposed by Blair (1987) and Hinzen (1988), who put forth that signature waveforms from single blasts could be used to predict the vibration waveforms of full-scale blasts through linear superposition. Blair (2008) proposed and compared two nonlinear superposition models with the linear superposition model. Yang (2011) suggested a multiple seed waveform vibration model, in which multiple vibration waveforms measured at different locations during a single blast were treated as the seed waveforms and used to simulate the vibration from the full-scale blasts. Wu (1990) and Lu (1996) also investigated and demonstrated the feasibility of the linear superposition model.
