EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON DAMPING EFFECT OF FLOOR STRUCTURE (PART 3) : Maximum amplitude and sensory evaluation of floor vibration caused by walking

Effect of vibration sense by frequency characteristics of impact vibration for residential floor

“…They examined a vibration waveform with dominant frequency components in the range of 5-16 Hz. Takahashi et al, 15 using pedestrian bridges and long span floors with a natural frequency of 10 Hz or lower, showed that the converted acceleration obtained from the mean of the maximum vibration levels and the level of perception correspond to each other well. Takahashi et al obtained sensorily equivalent vibrations for 16 types of vibration with different standard sine waves, natural frequencies, and attenuation constants (natural frequencies of 5, 10, 15, and 20 Hz) on a shake table and showed that the vibration level and converted acceleration are both effective.…”

“…They examined a vibration waveform with dominant frequency components in the range of 5‐16 Hz. Takahashi et al., using pedestrian bridges and long span floors with a natural frequency of 10 Hz or lower, showed that the converted acceleration obtained from the mean of the maximum vibration levels and the level of perception correspond to each other well. Takahashi et al.…”

“…Thus, they achieved useful results for each objective. Parts of studies that focused specifically on the floor vibration generated by human movements [12][13][14][15] are useful for the present study, but these studies are the results of vibration with a main component of 30 Hz or less.…”