Output details
15 - General Engineering
University of Oxford
Article title
Rhythmic crowd bobbing on a grandstand simulator
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Journal of Sound and Vibration
Article number
-
Volume number
332
Issue number
2
First page of article
442
ISSN of journal
0022-460X
Year of publication
2013
URL
-
Number of additional authors
2
Additional information
The paper presents an analysis of work performed during and following EPSRC grant GR/S53565/01 to investigate crowd loading on grandstands. Results and an simplified analysis are presented, with the main finding being that there is a synchronising effect of crowd members coordinating their jumping and bobbing, which increases the periodic input load to the grandstand above that predicted by earlier uncorrelated models.The results are of value to designers of grandstands, alerting them to a potentially dangerous case.
Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
A - Civil and Offshore Engineering
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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