1. Using MSD model to simulate human-structure interaction during walking
- Author
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Aleksandar Pavic, Erfan Shahabpoor, and Vitomir Racic
- Subjects
Kinematic model of human body ,Engineering ,Serviceability (structure) ,business.industry ,Mass-spring-damper models ,Vertical vibration ,Structural engineering ,Pedestrian ,Human-structure interaction ,Building and Construction ,Vibration ,Pedestrian walking excitation ,Footbridges ,Civil and Structural Engineering ,Design methods ,business - Abstract
Increasing vibration serviceability problems of modern pedestrian structures have drawn researchers’ attention to detailed modelling and assessment of walking-induced vibration on floors and footbridges. Stochastic nature of human walking and unknown mechanisms of their interaction with the structure and surrounding environment, make it difficult to simulate. Ignoring these complexities has rendered the current design methods to a rough approximation of reality which often leads to considerable over or under-estimation of the structural response yielding unreliable assessment of vibration performance.
- Published
- 2013