Wambo Coal AEMR 2011-2012 - Peabody Energy

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Figure 5: Setup for recording in front
room of New House
2.1.2 KITCHEN WING
The ceiling of the first floor of the Kitchen Wing is timber lined and not considered generally vulnerable to vibration
damage at the levels expected: it is of the “collar-tie” form with sloped sides leading up to a central flat section. The
accelerometer sensors were therefore mounted at the tops of walls with a view to obtaining the best data:
• one sensor was placed on the end (southern) wall above the door;
• one was placed midway along the eastern wall near the non-structural partition wall;
• one was placed on the chimney breast as the chimney may have different vibrational characteristics
and a lower frequency response from the walls.
Photographs of the installation are shown in Figures 6 to 8.
Figure 6: Sensor 2 beside non-structural wall, which was not considered to
affect significantly the behaviour of the brick wall which it joins.
April 2012
Wambo Homestead
Vibration vulnerability