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Session 7 - Vibration PDF
Session 7 - Vibration PDF
occupants;
Dynamic impact from rolling object. 1 00
1.00
ak Accelerattion (% g)
Office, residence,
assembly hall
Operating
rooms
Higher accelerations can be tolerated at higher Threshold of Human Sensitivity to Vertical Vibration
or lower frequencies. (ATC)
ATC = Applied Technology Council
VIBRATION DESIGN OF CONCRETE NATURAL FREQUENCIES
FLOORS
How to evaluate the vibration acceptability of a Step 1 - Determine natural frequencies (Hz)
floor?
Use Finite Element Method with plate elements, or
empirical formulas
For specific areas, such as a lab or operating room,
6 steps for complete evaluation determine the dominant frequencies of the
location of interest.
Step 1 - Determine natural frequencies (Hz)
St 2 Select
Step S l t exciting
iti fforce off vibration
ib ti
Step 3 - Select floor type
Step 4 Calculate the weight of vibrating panel
Step 5 Calculate peak acceleration
Step 6 - Evaluate the floor
Numerical example
Use the following graph to determine the exciting Refer to the table to select damping factor ();
force in most cases 0.03 applies
1.0 The recommended values vary from 2-3% for bare
concrete floors to 5-8% for furnished rooms with
partitions extending full height.
0.8
Factor (DLF)
0.6
RECOMMENDED DAMPING
FACTORS FOR VARIOUS OCCUPANCIES
ynamic Load F
0.4
Damping factor
Occupancy
02
0.2
Dy
Bare concrete
B t floor
fl 0 02
0.02
Furnished, low partition 0.03
0
0 1.0 2.0 3.0
Furnished, full height partition 0.05
Frequency Hz
Shopping malls 0.02
Dynamic Load Factor for First Harmonic of
Walking Force
Step 4 Calculate weight of target panel (W) Step 6 Evaluate the floor
Include superimposed load that follows the vibration Use natural frequency from Step 1; and
((stones;; tiles)) Peak ground acceleration (ao/g) from Step 5; and
Chart below from ATC to determine acceptability
Step 5 Calculate Peak Acceleration (ap/g)
Use an empirical relationship, such as the one below for 1.50
footfall
1.00
on (% g)
Office, residence,
P0 e0.35fn
assembly hall
ap
((1))
W
0 50
0.50
Peak Acceleratio
g
0.25
ap = peak acceleration;
Operating
g = gravitational acceleration [32.2 ft/sec2; 9.81 m/sec2 ]; rooms
TNO_123
Numerical Example
Given
Gi
Concrete floor system
Slab thickness
Slab thickness 8 (203 mm) 8'' (200mm)
Superimposed DL 20 psf (1 kN/m2)
Concrete fc 5000 psi (33
(33.8
8 MPa)
Modulus of Elasticity 1.2 Ec
(a) Floor plan Column
Required 18'' x 24''
(460mm x 610mm)
Evaluate vibration compliance of the floor panel
identified under foot drop
26'-3''
(
(8.00m) )
30'-0'' (9.14m)
1.0
0.8
F)
d Factor (DLF
Step 4 Calculate weight of target panel (W) Step 5 Calculate Peak Acceleration (ap/g)
Use an empirical relationship, such as the one below for
Dimensions of panel as shown below footfall
Mortar,
M stone, firmly
fi l attached
h d to flfloor 20 psff (1 kN/m2)
kN/ 2) ap P0 e0.35fn
0 35fn
Concrete weight: 150 pcf; (25 kN/m3)
g W
The total weight of the panel W is :
ap
30 26.25
8 = peak acceleration;
W= 0.15 0.02 = 94.5 k (421 kN)
12 g = gravitational acceleration [32.2 ft/sec2; 9.81 m/sec2 ];
TNO_123
Po = 0.53 * 150 = 79.7 lb (0.354 kN) (step 2)
= damping ratio 0.03 (step 3)
Slab
W = 94.5 k ( 421 kN ) (step 4)
thickness
8'' (200mm) fn = first natural frequency (Hz) = 5.79 Hz (step 1).
Office, residence,
assembly hall
0.50
Panel
0.25
status
Pea
Operating
rooms
1 2 4 8 12 20
Frequency (Hz)
Threshold of Human Sensitivity to Vertical First mode frequency 5.79 Hz
Vibration (ATC)
Note that the first mode is primarily due to
The target panel is acceptable for office and residential
excitation of a non-targeted
non targeted region of floor
occupancies,
i b
but not ffor hospital
h i l operating
i room
VIBRATION DESIGN OF CONCRETE VIBRATION DESIGN OF CONCRETE
FLOORS FLOORS
Isolate the target area for vibration analysis
The response of the isolated region is greatly
influenced by the boundary conditions specified
around d th
the cutt
If the cut does not extend adequately beyond the
target panel, the results may not be reflective of the
prototype
Office,
residence,
(ap/g) = 0.154 % assembly hall
0.50
0.25
Operating
rooms
Pe
1 2 4 8 12 20
The first mode of vibration is affine to that of a Use a simply supported boundary conditions along
the four sides of an interior panel
single
i l panell simply
i l supported t d plate.
l t ThThe shape
h iis
not analogous to the deflected profile under Where columns are on a regular orthogonal grid,
selfweight the first mode is likely to be in form of a one-way
slab deflecting in a cylindrical form.
( )C
(c) Continuous
ti spans
(d) Deflection self weight
First Mode Shapes and Deflection of
Simple and Continuous Spans (d) D
Deflection
fl ti self
lf weight
i ht
First Mode Shapes and Deflection
of Simple and Continuous Spans
VIBRATION DESIGN OF CONCRETE VIBRATION DESIGN OF CONCRETE
FLOORS FLOORS
1 b
1.57 1 2
a
c =
Edynh
g
1.57 1 2
12 1 2 q
b
fn = 325653 * 20.03 = 5.59 Hz
2
1080
a
ap P0 e0.35fn
a = 3*90*12 = 1080 in (42.5 m)
90 2 g W
= 1.57(1+2) = 1.57 1 = 20.03
26.25
ap 5 e 0.35
79.5
79 0 355
5.59
59
3 = = 0.004 ; 0.4 %
c=
D
Eh
g
g 0.03 94.5 1000
m
12 1 2 q
Edyn = 1.2
1 2 Est = 1.2*
1 2* 4287 = 5144 ksi (35
(35,477
477 MPa)
Note that the weight of one panel is used for W
Office, residence,
assembly hall thickness
0.50
Peak Accele
Panel
Add picture of a PT slab???
0.25 status
Operating
rooms
P
1 2 4 8 12 20
Frequency (Hz)
Acceptable for office and residential
residential, but not
for operating rooms
VIBRATION DESIGN OF CONCRETE VIBRATION DESIGN OF CONCRETE
FLOORS FLOORS
le
For conventional RC allow for cracking The response acceleration is sometimes compared
with the minimum acceptable value fn using the
For RC flat slab construction; with span to empirical
p formula developed
p for steel.
d th ratio
depth ti 30 or larger,
l allow
ll 30% reduction
d ti in i
stiffness due to cracking
K
fn 2.86ln
For post-tensioned floors designed using ACI W
(IBC), no reduction in stiffness is due
For post-tensioned floors based on the K = a constant, given in [Table next slide];
European code EC2 and most other major = modal damping ratio [Table earlier];;
non-US codes, reduction in stiffness may be W = weight of area of floor panel affected by
necessary the point load (heel drop); and
fn = minimum acceptable frequency.
PERCEPTIBILITY OF MOTION RHYTHMIC MOTIONS
The response acceleration is compared with the rhythmic motions; dance halls; gyms;
minimum acceptable value fn .
K
fn 2.86ln
W
15.0
50 of a Floor System for Footfall,
Footfall www.adaptsoft.com,
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pp
eration (% g
2010
10.0
Rhythmic activities
outdoor footbridges AISC/CISC, (1997) ,Steel Design Guide Series 11, Floor
Vibrations Due to Human Activity,
Activity, American Institute of
Peak Accele
References
Source: Allen,
Allen DD. E
E., and Murray
Murray, T
T. M
M., (1993) Design
Design
Criterion for Vibrations Due to Walking, Engineering
Journal, Fourth Quarter, American Institute of Steel
Construction, 1993, pp. 117-129.
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