Serviceability And Human Comfort In A Stadium

Abstract

Besides typical structures whose service life loads either static or dynamic are almost exactly determined through standards and codes, stadiums are prominent types that are likely to be exposed to unexpected dynamic loads while in operation. Thus, it is inevitably important to investigate, identify and then eliminate the problem of excessive vibration considering each individual structure separately and for specified motion types. In this study, a portion of a grandstand in a football stadium is investigated under different human interaction cases such as chanting, bouncing, stamping as a reaction against certain events such as touchdown, interception and songs played, etc. that occur during different games. The investigation also covers the assessment of vibration levels of the structure when there is a specific coordinated motion during a popular song playing that may also be thought as a combination of a game and a concert event together. Firstly, vibration time history samples are given and certain types of excitations are tried to be identified. Then human comfort analysis in which vibration levels are interpreted following the directions of a well-known standard, namely ISO 2631, is carried out.

Publication Date

1-1-2015

Publication Title

SHMII 2015 - 7th International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

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scopus

Socpus ID

84978736644 (Scopus)

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