Rahman , A. and Singh , N. and Roy , M.P. and Raina, A.K. (2025) Investigations into the Impact of Vehicular Vibration at Sukki Village, a Landslide Prone Area, Uttarakhand India. MAPAN.
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The Himalayas present a typical geological, glaciological, and biodiverse ecosystem that with infrastructural growth face several issues. One such problem is related to roads in such fragile system, particularly in landslide prone areas. Vehicular traffic on such roads is assumed to further deterioate the rockmass conditions and elevate the landslide hazard in the region and present a possibility for waves generation. Considering the above hypothesis, a comprehensive study was conducted in the landslide prone areas nearby to the Sukki village present between Harshil and Bhatwari in the Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand State, India with an objective to identify the impact of ground vibration due to vehicular traffic on such roads. Vehicular traffic induced ground vibrations in term of peak vector sum of vehicles three orthogonal directions were obtained using standard compliance seismographs. The data of distance of seismograph from the vehicle type of vehicle and load were recorded along with the geomechanical properties of the rockmass. The data thus generated was analyzed using multiple regression analysis. Further, using the ratio of horizontal and vertical Fourier amplitude spectra of vibrations were also analyzed. It was observed that the vibrations monitored are of low magnitude, but may be detrimental considering the fatigue. However, models for ground vibration with distance and speed for different vehicle types could be developed with an R2 of 0.97 that can be useful to define the speed of vehicles playing on such roads. Such result can be useful in future studies for defining a criterion that can take load and geomechanical properties into consideration.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Vehicle traffic vibrations Landslide zone Geotechnical investigations Ground vibration |
| Subjects: | Blasting |
| Divisions: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Depositing User: | Mr. B. R. Panduranga |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Apr 2026 07:01 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Apr 2026 07:01 |
| URI: | https://cimfr.csircentral.net/id/eprint/2979 |
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