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Vibration serviceability of floors due to walking loads has become an important design criterion as a result of advancements in construction technology that lead to more slender and lightweight building floors. Current design guidelines require the assessment of the vibration performance of floors b...

Current design methods for vibration serviceability assessment of pedestrian structures are generally based on footfall loading models representing walking over rigid level surfaces rather than oscillating surfaces that might affect the walking pattern. It is largely unknown how footstep forces woul...

There were many cases of people falling and being seriously injured in the past earthquakes. It is feared that many human casualties will occur in the earthquake that is expected to occur in the near future. In order to reduce human damage, it is important to quickly ascertain whether or not there a...

Cross-laminated timber (CLT) is a wood-based multilayer composite made of several thin layers glued together in a crosswise manner. Modern manufacturing techniques resulted in CLT panels with remarkable stiffness properties and unique aesthetic appeal. CLT panels are commonly produced in a rectangul...

Wind can create bidirectional horizontal vibrations in tall buildings, characterized by high displacement and low frequency bandwidth typically between 0.1-1 Hz. Effects of higher frequency vibrations on humans, particularly in the vertical direction, are well researched in the literature since 40s....

The construction industry contributes a significant percentage of CO2 emission globally. Therefore, using renewable structural materials is beneficial from a sustainability perspective. Building with timber has gained an unstoppable rise in popularity. After decades of dominance of concrete and stee...

This paper presents a mathematical model of synchronisation of multiple people during cyclic daily activities such as walking, running, jumping and bouncing. Providing that quality models of individual loading for these activities do exist, the sync model is the key component towards an urgently nee...

In the past massive earthquakes, many people suffered severe damage. Among them, not a few people were injured as a result of evacuation actions during the shaking. Therefore, it is important to estimate the human response to shaking and the possibility of evacuation behav-ior in order to evaluate h...

Android mobile devices are provided with sensors that allow to monitor several aspects in terms of motion and position of the device; these sensors are hardware-based physical components built into the device, operated by software and mobile apps, providing us with data about motion, temperature, po...

Rhythmic jumping is the largest human-induced load that occurs on assembly structures. It involves a repeated alternation between contact and flight phases at a given frequency. Human loading on the structure takes place during the contact phase while the load is zero during the flight phase. When a...