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Vertical dynamic forces from footsteps

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  1. National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Research in Construction
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Subjectwalking; floors; dynamic loads; walking; running; wave trains of harmonics; dynamic load factor; Acoustics; marche à pied; plancher; sollicitation dynamique
Abstract
Vertical dynamic forces from walking and running were measured by load cells placed between temporary supports and the centre of a 17-m-long floor strip. The measurements showed that the dynamic forces are composed of wave trains of harmonics of the walking or running rate. The significant low frequency contributions are generally contained within the first three to four harmonics.
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  • Canadian Acoustics/Acoustique Canadienne 14, no. 2 (April 1986): 12–21.
LanguageEnglish
Peer reviewedYes
IdentifierIRC-P-1371
NRC numberNRCC 25879
NRC-IRC-2119
NPARC number20374429
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