Assessment of the influence of epicentral distance of mining shocks on the transition of free-field vibrations to building foundations

The paper deals with the analysis of measurements of vibrations induced by mining rockbursts in the Legnica–Glogow Copperfield District (LGCD) to estimate the influence of mining tremor epicentral distance on the curve of relationship (RRS) between the response spectra from the simultaneously measured ground and building foundations vibrations. Non-dimension acceleration response spectra (β) as well as dimension acceleration response spectra (S_a) from the horizontal vibrations were taken into account. The focus is on apartment buildings – medium-rise and high-rise buildings. Additionally, a comparison of conclusions of research carried out in the case of response spectra with the corresponding earlier results regarding the reduction of maximum values of accelerations of vibrations during the transfer from the ground to building foundations were performed.