Floor Vibration Criteria

The principal sources of vibration in buildings are.

Floor vibration criteria.

Are usually impractical for vibration sensitive uses. Guidance is given for. The vc vibration criteria curves were developed in the early 1980s by eric ungar and colin gordon. Floor vibrations are generally caused by dynamic loads applied either directly to the floor by people or machinery or indirectly by moving floor supports after transmission through the building structure or through the ground.

Using these vibration sensors and our analysis equipment we measure the frequencies and amplitudes of the floor vibrations at the site where the equipment will be installed. A prediction of the floor response and a human tolerance level. L the design guide should not be applied to specification of tolerable vibration by the introduction of acceptance classes chapter 4 and l buildings prediction of floor response due to human. Furthermore all criteria must be calibrated and thus are empiri cal in nature the necessary funda mental studies of human response to low frequency very low ampli.

For slender floor structures as made in steel or composite construction serviceability criteria govern the design. Modern design and construction. Many criteria have been proposed through the years for human comfort related to vibration of floor systems. The vibration source plays an important role in the overall vibration analysis.

To limit induced vibration some facilities use separate. Floor systems so designed is unknown at this time. All floor vibration criteria have two parts. Allen rainer and pernica 1985 and allen 1990 1990a published criteria for the acceptability of vibration of floor systems that are subjected to rhythmic activities such as danc ing and jumping exercises.

Values for dynamic load param. This data is then compared with the equipment manufacturer s specification for the level of vibration that is allowable for that machine. Spans longer than 35 ft. Preventing or reducing floor vibration problems.

Vibration criterion vc curves. The purpose of this publication is to provide design engineers with a practical yet comprehensive review of the criteria and methods available to prevent floor vibration problems. Because of the complexities involved in human response to vibration and the different. 4 floor vibration introduction steel structures can meet even the strictest vibration performance criteria in recent years there has been an increase in demand for buildings that are fast to construct have large uninterrupted floor areas and are flexible in their intended final use.