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Human action on structures: Comparison between numerical load models and experimental data
Year:2016

Research Areas
  • Engineering

Information
Abstract
Modelling of human-induced loads has been proved to be very difficult as we can see in several approaches of varying complexity that have been presented in the literature. Crowd induced dynamic loading in large structures, such as gymnasiums or stadiums, is usually modelled as a series of harmonic loads which are defined in terms of their Fourier coefficients. Different values of these Fourier coefficients that were obtained from full scale measurements can be found in codes. In this paper, a study of loads generated by different human actions (jumping, walking and dancing) is presented. A comparison between experimental data measured with instrumented insoles and numerical data obtained with numerical models has been carried out. Tests have been performed on a structure designed to be a gymnasium, which has natural frequencies within that range of the excitation frequencies.
International
Si
Congress
International Conference on Advances in Civil, Structural and Construction Engineering - CSCE 2016
960
Place
Rome, Italy
Reviewers
Si
ISBN/ISSN
978-1-63248-101-6
10.15224/ 978-1-63248-101-6-12
Start Date
18/08/2016
End Date
19/08/2016
From page
53
To page
57
Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Civil, Structural and Construction Engineering
Participants

Research Group, Departaments and Institutes related
  • Creador: Grupo de Investigación: Ingeniería Sísmica: Dinámica de Suelos y Estructuras
  • Departamento: Ingeniería Mecánica