Effect of group walking traffic on dynamic properties of pedestrian structures
- Submitting institution
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University of Exeter
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 1995
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.jsv.2016.10.017
- Title of journal
- Journal of Sound and Vibration
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- First page
- 207
- Volume
- 387
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0022-460X
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- January
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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3
- Research group(s)
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D - Dynamics and Control
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- Funded by EPSRC (£758k EP/G061130/1 and £4.8m EP/K03877X/1), this paper pioneered and interpreted the difficult measurement of the frequency response function (FRF) on a structure with continuously moving pedestrians. Surprisingly, the moving pedestrians were found to not only generate additional damping, but also do so in a manner considerably more effective than when they are stationary. The findings from this paper are regularly used by industry (e,g CTS Bridges Ltd) to account for the increased amount of damping for the onerous crowd loading case (BS EN 1991-2:2003) and save on dampers which would otherwise be needed.
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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