@article{ref1,
title="A contribution to the modelling of human induced excitation on pedestrian bridges",
journal="Structural safety",
year="2017",
author="Casciati, Fabio and Casciati, Sara and Faravelli, Lucia",
volume="66",
number="",
pages="51-61",
abstract="Human induced vibration is a common problem in the design of planking levels as both flooring or decking. The source of the vibration is the so-called &quot;human induced loading (HIL)&quot;. Models are available for a single exciting person and for a dense aggregation of persons. Small groups of persons should also be considered in view of serviceability limit state design. This paper introduces a model for the time variant stochastic fields of forces induced by the walking of a small group of persons. A numerical example is presented dealing with the evaluation of vertical and transversal accelerations at nodes of a finite element model of an existing wood footbridge. The example considers different idealizations of the human induced excitation and the results of these models are compared to actual records.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0167-4730",
doi="10.1016/j.strusafe.2017.01.004",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.strusafe.2017.01.004"
}