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<p>The paper describes the practical way and security conditions of realizing the demolition of an industrial chimney located in an oil refinery platform, having in the immediate vicinity sensitive equipment and constructions. The chimney has a height of 150 m and consists of the outer tubular structure of reinforced concrete and an inner chimney made of refractory brick masonry. In order to establish the possible secondary effects generated by the blasting works, a risk assessment was made with reference to seismic wave, air shock wave, noise, dust and the level of shock generated by the impact of chimney construction with the soil. The demolition work was carried out successfully and due to protection and safety measures no unwanted events were recorded, and the measured values of the seismic wave generated by the impact with the ground of the chimney were non-dangerous, being below the values estimated in the risk assessment.</p>
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The paper describes the practical way and security conditions of realizing the demolition of an industrial chimney located in an oil refinery platform, having in the immediate vicinity sensitive equipment and constructions. The chimney has a height of 150 m and consists of the outer tubular structure of reinforced concrete and an inner chimney made of refractory brick masonry. In order to establish the possible secondary effects generated by the blasting works, a risk assessment was made with reference to seismic wave, air shock wave, noise, dust and the level of shock generated by the impact of chimney construction with the soil. The demolition work was carried out successfully and due to protection and safety measures no unwanted events were recorded, and the measured values of the seismic wave generated by the impact with the ground of the chimney were non-dangerous, being below the values estimated in the risk assessment.

Design and Execution of Demolition Works By Blasting of Industrial Constructions – Technical and Safety Aspects

Bulletin of the Polytechnic Institute of Iași. Machine constructions Section

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The paper describes the practical way and security conditions of realizing the demolition of an industrial chimney located in an oil refinery platform, having...

Design and Execution of Demolition Works By Blasting of Industrial Constructions – Technical and Safety Aspects

Online veröffentlicht: 28. Juli 2022

Seitenbereich: 119 - 131

Eingereicht: 20. Juni 2022

Akzeptiert: 30. Juni 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bipcm-2022-0020

Schlüsselwörter
blasting techniques, risk assessment, chimney overturn, explosives, demolition

© 2022 Robert Laszlo et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Design and Execution of Demolition Works By Blasting of Industrial Constructions – Technical and Safety Aspects

Online veröffentlicht: 28. Juli 2022

Seitenbereich: 119 - 131

Eingereicht: 20. Juni 2022

Akzeptiert: 30. Juni 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bipcm-2022-0020

Schlüsselwörterblasting techniques, risk assessment, chimney overturn, explosives, demolition

© 2022 Robert Laszlo et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Schlüsselwörter
blasting techniques, risk assessment, chimney overturn, explosives, demolition