Design Guide 11 Floor Vibrations Due To Human Activity

Montague betts professor of structural steel design the charles e.

Design guide 11 floor vibrations due to human activity.

It deals with the human perception of vibration and the criteria by which it is measured. Floor vibrations due to human activity the following editorial corrections have been made in the first printing 1997. The 2016 edition of steel design guide 11 like the first 1997 edition floor vibrations due to human activity presents relatively easily used means for predicting the vibrations of. The concepts of floor response and the different types of excitation produced by occupant induced vibrations are explained.

Department of civil. Allen phd senior research officer institute for research in. 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. Both human comfort and the need to control movement for sensitive equipment are considered.

Montague betts professor of structural steel design the charles e. Steel design guide series floor vibrations due to human activity floor vibrations due to human activity thomas m. Steel design guide series. To facilitate the incorporation of these corrections this booklet has been constructed using copies of the revised pages with corrections noted.

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