{"title":"Experimental Study on the Floor Vibration Evaluation of Concrete Slab for Existing Buildings","authors":"Yong-Taeg Lee, Jun-Ho Na, Seung-Hun Kim, Seong-Uk Hong ","volume":90,"journal":"International Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering","pagesStart":602,"pagesEnd":607,"ISSN":"1307-6892","URL":"https:\/\/publications.waset.org\/pdf\/9998393","abstract":"<p>Damages from noise and vibration are increasing<br \/>\r\nevery year, most of which are noises between floors in deteriorated<br \/>\r\nbuilding caused by floor impact sound. In this study, the concrete slab<br \/>\r\nmeasured vibration impact sound for evaluation floor vibration of<br \/>\r\ndeteriorated buildings that fails to satisfy with the minimum thickness.<br \/>\r\nIn this experimental study, the vibration scale by impact sound was<br \/>\r\ncalibrated and compared with ISO and AIJ standard for vibration. The<br \/>\r\nresults show that vibration in slab with thickness used in existing<br \/>\r\nbuilding reach human perception levels.<\/p>\r\n","references":"[1] Ad Hoc Committee on Serviceabillity Research, \"Structural\r\nserviceability: A critical appraisal and research needs.\u201dJ. Struct. Engrg.,\r\n112(12), 1986, pp. 2646-2664.\r\n[2] H. Reiher and F.J Meister, \"Human Sensivity to Vibrations\u201d, Forsch.\r\naufdem Geb. Des Ingen, vol. 2, no. 11, 1931,pp.381-386\r\n[3] B. Ellingwood, \"Probability-based codified design: past\r\naccomplishments and future challenges\u201d, Structural Safety, 13,1994, pp.\r\n159\u2013176\r\n[4] ISO, \"ISO 2631 Mechanical vibration and shock-evaluation of human\r\nexposure to whole-body vibration\u201d, 1997.\r\n[5] AIJ, \"Residentialperformance assessment criteriaguideline explanation\u201d,\r\nArchitectural Institute of Japan, 2004 \r\n[6] Anil K. Chopra., \"Dynamics of Structures\u201d, Theory and Applications to\r\nEarthquake Engineering.\r\n[7] KS F 2865, \"Laboratory measurements of the reduction of transmitted\r\nimpact sound by floor coverings on a heavyweight standard floor\u201d, 2012\r\n[8] JIS A 1440-2 : Acoustics - Laboratory measurement of the reduction of\r\ntransmitted impact sound by floor coverings on a solid standard floor -\r\nPart2 : Method using standard heavy impact sources.","publisher":"World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology","index":"Open Science Index 90, 2014"}