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Building vibrations induced by human activities: a benchmark ofexisting standards

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 August 2014

Georges Kouroussis ,
Calogero Conti  and
Olivier Verlinden
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Abstract

Vibrations in buildings impact the behaviour of structures and humans, for sourcesdefined as internal or external to the building. Besides the comparison of vibrations tofixed limits, the choice of a relevant indicator is unavoidable and this indicator isdefined differently according to the selected reference text. Various standards (ordirectives similar to standards) exist and this paper focuses on the most important andthe most used ones, for ground vibrations induced to buildings or for human exposureinside buildings. In addition to the interest of comparing values to well-defined andwell-known limits, the knowledge of these standards allows the use of suitable indicators.Various vibration signals are used, from a simple harmonic signal to complex vibrationsgenerated by railway traffic, in order to present a relevant analysis of severity of eachnorm. It turns out that criteria noticeably vary from one reference to another one, andthat the thresholds are different for each standard.

Keywords

Ground vibrationsstandardshuman effectbuilding
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Research Article
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Mechanics & Industry , Volume 15 , Issue 5 , 2014 , pp. 345 - 353
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© AFM, EDP Sciences 2014

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