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Human Induced Vibration Monitoring of a College Football Stadium
Individuals sitting in the press box and suite levels of a college football stadium had noted significant structural vibrations during games, specifically when the home crowd sings their sports hymn. Synchronized side sway of tens of thousands of spectators during the chanting of the sports hymn appeared to be the prime reason of the vibrations. This reinforced concrete stadium has gone through several stages of expansions and renovations over the years. Walter P. Moore and Associates, Inc. (WPM) instrumented the various section of the stadium with accelerometers to evaluate the levels of vibrations during three games of a recent season. Our testing revealed that the lateral vibration levels in the press box and suite levels to be strongly perceptible, mostly occurring around 1.4 Hz.
Human Induced Vibration Monitoring of a College Football Stadium
Individuals sitting in the press box and suite levels of a college football stadium had noted significant structural vibrations during games, specifically when the home crowd sings their sports hymn. Synchronized side sway of tens of thousands of spectators during the chanting of the sports hymn appeared to be the prime reason of the vibrations. This reinforced concrete stadium has gone through several stages of expansions and renovations over the years. Walter P. Moore and Associates, Inc. (WPM) instrumented the various section of the stadium with accelerometers to evaluate the levels of vibrations during three games of a recent season. Our testing revealed that the lateral vibration levels in the press box and suite levels to be strongly perceptible, mostly occurring around 1.4 Hz.
Human Induced Vibration Monitoring of a College Football Stadium
Choudhuri, Dilip (author) / Samarajiva, Prasad (author)
Fourth Forensic Engineering Congress ; 2006 ; Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Forensic Engineering (2006) ; 374-383
2006-10-03
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
Human Induced Vibration Monitoring of a College Football Stadium
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