Michael Willford, Director, Arup
ICE Prestige Lecture 2008
An important consideration in the design of many structures is the vibration induced by individuals as they move around on them. Vibration may be noticed by other people and, if excessive, can detract from the perceived quality of a building or a bridge.
In this lecture, Michael Willford uses worked examples to illustrate the inconsistencies and limitations of existing methodologies and to emphasise the need for a predictive tool that is robust and readily applicable to simple and complex structures of varying structural form. He looks at both low-frequency floors and bridges and high-frequency floors.
This lecture is based on papers in the Structures and Buildings Journal 160, April 2007
For more information, please contact (recordedlectures@ice.org.uk)
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