Design Guide 11 Floor Vibrations Due To Human Activity

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Design guide 11 floor vibrations due to human activity.

Department of civil. Montague betts professor of structural steel design the charles e. 1 1 objectives of the design guide the primary objective of this design guide is to provide basic principles and simple analytical tools to evaluate steel framed floor systems and footbridges for vibration serviceability due to human activities. To facilitate the incorporation of these corrections this booklet has been constructed using copies of the revised pages with corrections noted.

It deals with the human perception of vibration and the criteria by which it is measured. Floor vibrations due to human activity thomas m. Steel design guide series floor vibrations due to human activity floor vibrations due to human activity thomas m. Department of civil engineering virginia polytechnic institute and state university blacksburg virginia usa david e.

The concepts of floor response and the different types of excitation produced by occupant induced vibrations are explained. Both human comfort and the need to control movement for sensitive equipment are considered. Aisc design guide 11. Montague betts professor of structural steel design the charles e.

This second edition of design guide 11 expands and updates the original version with new material based on the large volume of literature that has been published on the response of steel framed structural systems including floors monumental stairs and balconies due to human activity since the original design guide was published. Floor vibrations due to human activity the following editorial corrections have been made in the first printing 1997.