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.

Allen phd senior research officer institute for research in. Steel design guide series floor vibrations due to human activity floor vibrations due to human activity thomas m. 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.

Floor vibrations due to human activity thomas m. Montague betts professor of structural steel design the charles e. Both human comfort and the need to control movement for sensitive equipment are considered. Steel design guide series.

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. Department of civil engineering virginia polytechnic institute and state university blacksburg virginia usa david 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. Department of civil.

This publication provides guidance for vibration design of all steel framed floor and building types. The concepts of floor response and the different types of excitation produced by occupant induced vibrations are explained.