Design Guide 11 Floor Vibrations Due To Human Activity

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Design guide 11 floor vibrations due to human activity.

The concepts of floor response and the different types of excitation produced by occupant induced vibrations are explained. Floor vibrations due to human activity the following editorial corrections have been made in the first printing 1997. Aisc design guide 11. To facilitate the incorporation of these corrections this booklet has been constructed using copies of the revised pages with corrections noted.

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. Steel design guide series. Floor vibrations due to human activity thomas m. Both human comfort and the need to control movement for sensitive equipment are considered.

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. Montague betts professor of structural steel design the charles e. It deals with the human perception of vibration and the criteria by which it is measured. Steel design guide series floor vibrations due to human activity floor vibrations due to human activity thomas m.

Montague betts professor of structural steel design the charles e. Department of civil.