Design Guide 11 Floor Vibrations Due To Human Activity

Steel design guide series floor vibrations due to human activity floor vibrations due to human activity thomas m.

Design guide 11 floor vibrations due to human activity.

Montague betts professor of structural steel design the charles e. The concepts of floor response and the different types of excitation produced by occupant induced vibrations are explained. Steel design guide series. It deals with the human perception of vibration and the criteria by which it is measured.

Aisc design guide 11. 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. 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.

Allen phd senior research officer institute for research in. 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. Department of civil.

This publication provides guidance for vibration design of all steel framed floor and building types. Department of civil engineering virginia polytechnic institute and state university blacksburg virginia usa david e.