Building Response to Traffic-induced Vibrations and Related Human Disturbance

摘要: Unprecedented urbanization has required the construction of major and heavily traveled road-ways railways immediately adjacent to countless buildings subjected those their occupants traffic-induced vibrations. The response vibrations by each these can be quite distinct depending upon specific dynamic characteristics. This paper provides insight into from vehicular traffic through application time history analyses four theoretical reinforced concrete, plane-frame structures artificially generated ground motions. buildings' responses showed that normal conditions may generate lateral velocity exceeding previously established thresholds for both human perceptibility building damage. situation most readily arises at higher mode shapes with affiliated vibration frequencies, which tend more regularly coincide principal frequencies is especially true when are amplified modal participation mass ratios large modes. With cases tested herein, this commonly occurred in second mode.