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Effect of Sensory Stimuli on Dynamic Loading Induced by People Bouncing

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Topics in Dynamics of Civil Structures, Volume 4

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Prediction of dynamic loads induced by groups and crowds of people bouncing is a hot topic among designers of grandstands and floors in entertaining venues. Using motion capture technology transferred and adapted from biomedical research, this study aims to investigate effect of visual, auditory and tactile cues on the ability of people to coordinate or synchronise their bouncing movements in groups of two. The numerical results showed a great significance of such stimuli on people’s mutual interaction during bouncing, signifying that their effect should be considered in developing much-needed models of crowd dynamic loading of structures due to coordinated rhythmic activities.

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Abbreviations

α:

Coefficient of synchronisation

Δi :

Time lag

fb :

Bouncing frequency

Tb :

Average duration of bouncing cycle

n:

Number of bouncing cycles

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  1. Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Sir Frederick Mappin Building, Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK

    Vitomir Racic, James M. W. Brownjohn & Shu Wang

  2. Department of Psychology, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK

    Mark T. Elliot & Alan Wing

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  1. Vitomir Racic
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Correspondence to Vitomir Racic .

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  1. , Engineering Department, University of Central Florida, Central Florida Blvd. 4000, Orlando, 32816-2450, Florida, USA

    Fikret Necati Catbas

  2. , Department of Civil and Envt. Eng., Lehigh University, ATLSS Drive, Imbt Labs 117, Bethlehem, 18015, Pennsylvania, USA

    Shamim Pakzad

  3. , Department of Civil and Structural Eng., University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD, United Kingdom

    Vitomir Racic

  4. , Department of Civil and Structural Eng., University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD, United Kingdom

    Aleksandar Pavic

  5. , Department of Civil and Structural Eng., University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD, United Kingdom

    Paul Reynolds

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Racic, V., Brownjohn, J.M.W., Wang, S., Elliot, M.T., Wing, A. (2013). Effect of Sensory Stimuli on Dynamic Loading Induced by People Bouncing. In: Catbas, F., Pakzad, S., Racic, V., Pavic, A., Reynolds, P. (eds) Topics in Dynamics of Civil Structures, Volume 4. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6555-3_40

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