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This work aims is to investigate the structural dynamic response of steel-concrete composite floors, when subjected to rhythmic human activities, based on experimental tests and numerical modelling, from the point of view of human comfort. The main focus of this paper is to study the effect of the dynamic interaction between the occupants and the floors, representing these people by SDOF biodynamic models (mass-spring-damper systems), in order to better evaluate the dynamic response and the vibration serviceability states. This way, the investigated structural model is related to a steel-concrete composite building which is composed of three floors used for aerobics classes, with dimensions of 20m x 20m, a total area of 1200m² (3 x 400m²) and a ceiling height of 4m. The numerical modelling of the structure was performed by ANSYS program and was based on the finite element method (FEM). In order to evaluate the dynamic response of the investigated steelconcrete composite building, accelerations associated with 32 individuals practicing rhythmic activities were experimentally obtained to introduce them into the finite element model. Thus, the dynamic response of the building floors was evaluated in terms of the peak accelerations, RMS and VDV values, according to human comfort criteria and considering situations of the design practice.

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A reliable human comfort assessment depends on the correct description of the wind dynamic loads when compared with studies of natural wind. Thus, in this research work an analysis methodology was developed aiming to generate nondeterministic dynamic wind loadings, based on a power spectral density function and coherence function. This way, aiming to test the developed analysis methodology, a forced vibration dynamic analysis was carried out, based on a three-dimensional finite element model developed to represent a real and existing thirty-storey reinforced concrete building, with total height of 90 m, store height equal to 3 m and rectangular dimensions of 21.50 m by 17.30 m. The dynamic structural response of the investigated building was evaluated, the accelerations at the top of the structure were calculated and the human comfort was verified. The results obtained along this research work indicate that the peak accelerations calculated for periods of recurrence equal to 10 years and 1 year, respectively, overpass the recommended limits proposed by the NBR 6123 and ISO 10137.