Effects of False Floors on Vibration Serviceability of Building Floors. II: Response to Pedestrian Excitation
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Volume 17, Issue 2
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This is the second of two papers that present the results of a comprehensive and systematic study into the effects of false flooring on the vibration serviceability of long-span concrete floors. In this paper, controlled pedestrian response measurements were utilized to determine the effects of the installation of false flooring on the vibration serviceability of long-span concrete floors. It was found that, in most cases, the installation of false flooring tended to reduce the measured vibration response of the floor under controlled pedestrian excitation. This was more significant for false floors with a relatively high finished floor height (FFH) than for floors with a lower finished floor height. It is tentatively proposed that the effects of false flooring be incorporated into existing design procedures by multiplying calculated responses by a vibration response reduction factor. This factor would be 0.9 for false flooring with FFH less than 500 mm or 0.8 for false flooring with FFH of 500 mm or greater.
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Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 17 • Issue 2 • May 2003
Pages: 87 - 96
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Copyright © 2003 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Sep 10, 2001
Accepted: Jul 9, 2002
Published online: Apr 15, 2003
Published in print: May 2003
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