Open Access and Updated Human-Induced Load Data Set
Publication: Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 147, Issue 3
Abstract
This paper reports a dataset that provides force time histories of various types of human-induced loads, including walking, jumping, and bouncing activities guided by metronome or music. The dataset contains 3,518 records collected from six experimental campaigns. Ground reaction forces of test subjects were measured using high-precision force plates for individuals and small groups, and the displacements of certain body parts of the test subjects were measured using three-dimensional motion capture technology for large crowds. All data records were converted to a unified format and uploaded to a published dataset. An accompanying website of the human-induced load dataset has also been designed and put online. The website provides a publicly available and type-classified data source of human-induced loads. The dataset will be updated by adding new measurements from both the authors and other researchers. To the author’s knowledge, this dataset is the first open access dataset for research on human-induced loads, which is of great significance to future studies on new and advanced load models to understand the crowd load mechanisms under different circumstances and to spark broader data sharing in this area. Moreover, this dataset helps design engineers select real human-induced loads for a time history analysis of structures and fosters future collaboration among researchers and engineers.
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Data Availability Statement
Some or all of the data, models, or code generated or used during the study are available in a repository or online in accordance with funder data retention policies (an open access human-induced load dataset, DesignSafe-CI, https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-6nvb-4s40).
Acknowledgments
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51778465, U1711264, and 52008376).
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Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 147 • Issue 3 • March 2021
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Received: Mar 4, 2020
Accepted: Oct 6, 2020
Published online: Dec 17, 2020
Published in print: Mar 1, 2021
Discussion open until: May 17, 2021
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