Proposed Evaluation Curve Representing the Relationship Between Characteristics of Seismic Motion and Human Sensitivity Based on Subject Experiments

Abstract

In order to evaluate the influence of the seismic motion on people according to the characteristics of vibration, subject experiments using a shaking table was conducted. Based on the experimental results of varying the level of vibration, evaluation curves representing the relationship between vibration characteristics and human sensitivity (anxiety, action difficulty and protective action) were determined.Additional experiments were also conducted to confirm the effect of different duration, directions, and type of motion. Then, the applicability of the evaluation curves was confirmed based on the correspondence with the past earthquake survey results.