Dynamic Performance of Large Civil Engineering Structures: An Integrated Approach to Management, Design and Assessment
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Sheffield
Department Name: Civil and Structural Engineering
Abstract
Despite decades of mainly laboratory-based research, dynamic performance, including vibration serviceability, of as-built civil engineering structures in open-space environments is still one of the least understood areas of civil structural engineering. However, this area is rapidly gaining in importance due to strong trends towards increased slenderness and height as well as reduced mass, stiffness and damping of high-rise buildings, long-span floors, road- and foot-bridges, as well as assembly structures such as grandstands occupied and dynamically excited by thousands of spectators. To compound the problem, in the last 10 years this has been coupled with the contradicting requirements to reduce and control structural vibrations when humans and/or sensitive processes are vibration receivers. This is mainly due to increased human expectations from high-quality infrastructure and the development of advanced technological processes, such as microelectronics manufacturing or particle physics research, requiring sub-micron positional precision. Another aspect of dynamic performance of as-built civil engineering structures is their long-term monitoring. This is rapidly gaining importance in the developing and sometimes contentious field of structural health monitoring (SHM), which is a misnomer and should more appropriately be understood, based on recent developments in the field, as structural performance monitoring (SPM).Not surprisingly, with vibration serviceability, two-thirds of all relevant papers dealing with this problem were published only in the last 8 years. The value of the portfolio of affected, mainly new-built or refurbished, structures just in the UK is more than 100bn annually. Wind, earthquake, over- and underground traffic as well as human-induced dynamic excitation (e.g. due to walking or jumping) are the key operational dynamic actions of which effects on as-built real-life full-scale civil engineering structures and their prediction (for vibration serviceability), utilisation (for SPM) and mitigation (for vibration control) are the subject of this Platform Grant proposal.The key reason for the current unsatisfactory worldwide state-of-the-art in this area is the imbalance between the general research underfunding and rapidly increasing demands for more efficient, lighter - therefore livelier - structures. Under strong commercial pressures the construction of these structures currently takes place all over the world and it is worrying that this is not supported by sound understanding of their operational dynamic behaviour. Starting from first principles, more integration of existing theories and available (but in this context not utilised) technologies, is required to link experimental and analytical approaches to dynamic performance. Linking analysis with reality is the only way to understand better dynamic performance and improve design guidelines. This link is often missing nowadays.The key aim of the proposal therefore is to provide flexible funding for the proposers over the next five years to realise their vision for an integrated approach to management of design and assessment, and management of dynamic performance of large civil engineering structures. The stated aim, or better say vision, is very ambitious but is also broad, risky and difficult to investigate under normal EPSRC project-based funding. In this context, the Platform Grant is the ideal funding mechanism for achieving this aim. The current portfolio of VES activities is fully compatible with this Platform Grant proposal, offering rich and exciting expertise as well as hardware and software support for the work.
Organisations
- University of Sheffield (Lead Research Organisation)
- UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER (Collaboration)
- Department for Infrastructure (Collaboration)
- Virginia Tech (Collaboration)
- Waterman Partnership (Collaboration)
- Swallow Acoustic Consultants Ltd (Collaboration)
- Federal University of Paraíba (Collaboration)
- University of Warwick (Collaboration)
- QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE (Collaboration)
- BuroHappold Engineering (Collaboration)
- University of Bath (Collaboration)
- Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) (Collaboration)
- Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Collaboration)
- Techniker (Collaboration)
- WSP Group plc (Collaboration)
- RCI Dynamics (Collaboration)
- University of Leuven (Collaboration)
- Western Sydney University (Collaboration)
- University of Bristol (Collaboration)
- Arup Group (Collaboration)
Publications
Alagundagi DB
(2023)
Exploring breast cancer exosomes for novel biomarkers of potential diagnostic and prognostic importance.
in 3 Biotech
Racic V
(2011)
Stochastic model of near-periodic vertical loads due to humans walking
in Advanced Engineering Informatics
Fanning P
(2016)
Pedestrian Bridge Vibration Serviceability: A Case Study in Testing and Simulation
in Advances in Structural Engineering
Jones C
(2011)
Verification of equivalent mass-spring-damper models for crowd-structure vibration response prediction
in Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering
Díaz I
(2012)
Enhancing active vibration control of pedestrian structures using inertial actuators with local feedback control
in Engineering Structures
Hudson M
(2012)
Implementation considerations for active vibration control in the design of floor structures
in Engineering Structures
Ju T
(2023)
A new prediction method of industrial atmospheric pollutant emission intensity based on pollutant emission standard quantification.
in Frontiers of environmental science & engineering
Devin A
(2016)
Nonstructural Partitions and Floor Vibration Serviceability
in Journal of Architectural Engineering
Racic V
(2009)
Mathematical Model to Generate Asymmetric Pulses due to Human Jumping
in Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Jones C
(2011)
Vibration serviceability of stadia structures subjected to dynamic crowd loads: A literature review
in Journal of Sound and Vibration
Racic V
(2009)
Experimental identification and analytical modelling of human walking forces: Literature review
in Journal of Sound and Vibration
Shahabpoor E
(2017)
Effect of group walking traffic on dynamic properties of pedestrian structures
in Journal of Sound and Vibration
Racic V
(2010)
Reproduction and application of human bouncing and jumping forces from visual marker data
in Journal of Sound and Vibration
Živanovic S
(2010)
Modeling Spatially Unrestricted Pedestrian Traffic on Footbridges
in Journal of Structural Engineering
Díaz I
(2010)
On-off nonlinear active control of floor vibrations
in Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
Racic V
(2010)
Mathematical model to generate near-periodic human jumping force signals
in Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
Racic V
(2010)
Stochastic approach to modelling of near-periodic jumping loads
in Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
Al-Anbaki A
(2017)
Duality between time and frequency domains for vibration serviceability analysis of floor structures
in Procedia Engineering
Stana Zivanovic (Author)
(2011)
Quantification of dynamic excitation potential of pedestrian population crossing footbridges
in SHOCK AND VIBRATION
Díaz I
(2012)
Integral resonant control scheme for cancelling human-induced vibrations in light-weight pedestrian structures
in Structural Control and Health Monitoring
Petrovic-Kotur S
(2016)
Vibration analysis and FE model updating of lightweight steel floors in full-scale prefabricated building
in Structural Engineering and Mechanics
Shahabpoor E
(2016)
Identification of mass-spring-damper model of walking humans
in Structures
Malcolm Hudson (Author)
(2013)
Potential Benefits of Incorporating Active Vibration Control in Floor Structures
in The Structural Engineer
S Petrovic (Author)
(2011)
Effects of non-structural partitions on vibration performance of floor structures: A Literature Review
Emma Hudson (Author)
(2014)
Active Vibration Control of a Multi-Panel Floor Area
Stana Zivanovic (Author)
(2011)
Dynamic response of footbridges due to vertical load models of pedestrians
Vitomir Racic (Author)
(2010)
Mathematical Modelling of Near-periodic Jumping Force Signals.
Stana Zivanovic (Author)
(2010)
Experimental Investigation of Reykjavik City Footbridge
Vitomir Racic (Author)
(2011)
Dynamic loads due to synchronous rhythmic activities of groups and crowds
Hameed A
(2016)
Dynamics of Civil Structures, Volume 2
Živanovic S
(2012)
Topics on the Dynamics of Civil Structures, Volume 1
Hameed A
(2017)
Dynamics of Civil Structures, Volume 2
James Brownjohn (Author)
(2011)
Structural Identification (St-Id) of Constructed Facilities
Vitomir Racic (Author)
(2011)
Stochastic model of near-periodic jumping forces
Aleksandar Pavic (Author)
(2011)
Vertical Crowd Dynamic Action on Footbridges: Review of Design Guidelines and their Application
Aleksandar Pavic (Author)
(2011)
Reliability of assessment criteria for office floor vibrations.
Description | Despite decades of mainly laboratory-based research, dynamic performance, including vibration serviceability, of as-built civil engineering structures in open-space environments is still one of the least understood areas of civil structural engineering. However, this area is rapidly gaining in importance due to strong trends towards increased slenderness and height as well as reduced mass, stiffness and damping of high-rise buildings, long-span floors, road- and foot-bridges, as well as assembly structures such as grandstands occupied and dynamically excited by thousands of spectators. To compound the problem, in the last 10 years this has been coupled with the contradicting requirements to reduce and control structural vibrations when humans and/or sensitive processes are vibration receivers. This is mainly due to increased human expectations from high-quality infrastructure and the development of advanced technological processes, such as microelectronics manufacturing or particle physics research, requiring sub-micron positional precision. Another aspect of dynamic performance of as-built civil engineering structures is their long-term monitoring. This is rapidly gaining importance in the developing and sometimes contentious field of structural health monitoring (SHM), which is a misnomer and should more appropriately be understood, based on recent developments in the field, as structural performance monitoring (SPM).Not surprisingly, with vibration serviceability, two-thirds of all relevant papers dealing with this problem were published only in the last 8 years. The value of the portfolio of affected, mainly new-built or refurbished, structures just in the UK is more than 100bn annually. Wind, earthquake, over- and underground traffic as well as human-induced dynamic excitation (e.g. due to walking or jumping) are the key operational dynamic actions of which effects on as-built real-life full-scale civil engineering structures and their prediction (for vibration serviceability), utilisation (for SPM) and mitigation (for vibration control) are the subject of this Platform Grant proposal.The key reason for the current unsatisfactory worldwide state-of-the-art in this area is the imbalance between the general research underfunding and rapidly increasing demands for more efficient, lighter - therefore livelier - structures. Under strong commercial pressures the construction of these structures currently takes place all over the world and it is worrying that this is not supported by sound understanding of their operational dynamic behaviour. Starting from first principles, more integration of existing theories and available (but in this context not utilised) technologies, is required to link experimental and analytical approaches to dynamic performance. Linking analysis with reality is the only way to understand better dynamic performance and improve design guidelines. This link is often missing nowadays.The key aim of the proposal therefore is to provide flexible funding for the proposers over the next five years to realise their vision for an integrated approach to management of design and assessment, and management of dynamic performance of large civil engineering structures. The stated aim, or better say vision, is very ambitious but is also broad, risky and difficult to investigate under normal EPSRC project-based funding. In this context, the Platform Grant is the ideal funding mechanism for achieving this aim. The current portfolio of VES activities is fully compatible with this Platform Grant proposal, offering rich and exciting expertise as well as hardware and software support for the work. |
Exploitation Route | The findings improved a number of vibration serviceability design guidelines in the UK, in particular the crowd dynamic loading of grandstands and floor vibration serviceability guides published by the Concrete Society, Steel Construction Institute, concrete Centre and Institution of Structural Engineers. |
Sectors | Construction |
Description | Improvement in vibration serviceability guidelines used in the UK and internationally by construction industry and potentially making considerable savings. |
First Year Of Impact | 2005 |
Sector | Construction |
Impact Types | Economic Policy & public services |
Description | Development of five vibration serviceability guidelines - four in UK, one internationally (ISO) |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
Impact | Professor Pavic has edited special issues of international journals devoted to vibration performance of civil engineering structures. Also, his co-authorship or contribution has been recognised in state-of-the-art design guidelines. These are currently used in the UK and internationally for checking vibration serviceability of floors and footbridges: -The Concrete Society (Technical Report 43, Appendix G: Vibration Serviceability of Post-Tensioned Concrete Floors) in 2005, -The Concrete Centre (A Design Guide for Footfall Induced Vibration of Structures) in 2007, and -The Steel Construction Institute (Design of Floors for Vibration: A New Approach) in 2007 He also co-authored and helped experimental verification of worldwide most advanced design guidelines on crowd dynamic loading of grandstands published by the UK Institution of Structural Engineers in 2008. He sat on British Standards Institution (BS6472) and International standardisation Organisation (ISO10137) committees developing standards pertinent to vibration serviceability. |
URL | https://www.thenbs.com/PublicationIndex/documents/details?Pub=IStructE&DocId=288892 |
Description | Instigated, organised and ran collaboratively a Research Roadmap workshop in Vibration Serviceability |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Description | EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership - The application of real-time biomechanical feedback to develop a novel real-time system to monitor the risk of falls |
Amount | £65,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | 1784418 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2016 |
End | 07/2020 |
Description | VSimulators: Human factors simulation for motion and serviceability in the built environment |
Amount | £3,246,099 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/P020690/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2017 |
End | 01/2020 |
Title | Multishaker excitation for commercial vibration serviceability assessment for building floors and footbridges |
Description | Multishaker excitation for commercial vibration serviceability assessment for building floors and footbridges. This is a novel technology which is widely used in the UK commercial sector and was originally adapted from mechanical and aerospace applications to large civil engineering structures as part of a number of EPSRC funded projects. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | It's used as a gold standard in the commercial sector in the UK and overseas. We were the first one to implement it. |
Description | Organised and ran a Research Roadmap workshop in Vibration Serviceability, leading to a report, which participants are still reviewing |
Organisation | Arup Group |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Invited participants from industry and academia from all over the world to participate in a research roadmapping workshop, which we organised at the University of Exeter. |
Collaborator Contribution | Organised and delivered the workshop in collaboration with experts in research roadmapping at the University of Cambridge's Institute for Management Education and Consultancy Services. Academic and industry participants travelled from all over the world to take part or participated remotely, by prepopulating information templates to help form the discussion/agenda, and taking part in group discussions over the two days. This was part of an ongoing project - the next step is a report, and participants are reviewing and responding to the first draft. |
Impact | Participants have responded to the draft report and we will review their responses to help us finalise the report, which will include the next steps. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Organised and ran a Research Roadmap workshop in Vibration Serviceability, leading to a report, which participants are still reviewing |
Organisation | BuroHappold Engineering |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Invited participants from industry and academia from all over the world to participate in a research roadmapping workshop, which we organised at the University of Exeter. |
Collaborator Contribution | Organised and delivered the workshop in collaboration with experts in research roadmapping at the University of Cambridge's Institute for Management Education and Consultancy Services. Academic and industry participants travelled from all over the world to take part or participated remotely, by prepopulating information templates to help form the discussion/agenda, and taking part in group discussions over the two days. This was part of an ongoing project - the next step is a report, and participants are reviewing and responding to the first draft. |
Impact | Participants have responded to the draft report and we will review their responses to help us finalise the report, which will include the next steps. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Organised and ran a Research Roadmap workshop in Vibration Serviceability, leading to a report, which participants are still reviewing |
Organisation | Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Invited participants from industry and academia from all over the world to participate in a research roadmapping workshop, which we organised at the University of Exeter. |
Collaborator Contribution | Organised and delivered the workshop in collaboration with experts in research roadmapping at the University of Cambridge's Institute for Management Education and Consultancy Services. Academic and industry participants travelled from all over the world to take part or participated remotely, by prepopulating information templates to help form the discussion/agenda, and taking part in group discussions over the two days. This was part of an ongoing project - the next step is a report, and participants are reviewing and responding to the first draft. |
Impact | Participants have responded to the draft report and we will review their responses to help us finalise the report, which will include the next steps. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Organised and ran a Research Roadmap workshop in Vibration Serviceability, leading to a report, which participants are still reviewing |
Organisation | Federal University of Paraíba |
Country | Brazil |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Invited participants from industry and academia from all over the world to participate in a research roadmapping workshop, which we organised at the University of Exeter. |
Collaborator Contribution | Organised and delivered the workshop in collaboration with experts in research roadmapping at the University of Cambridge's Institute for Management Education and Consultancy Services. Academic and industry participants travelled from all over the world to take part or participated remotely, by prepopulating information templates to help form the discussion/agenda, and taking part in group discussions over the two days. This was part of an ongoing project - the next step is a report, and participants are reviewing and responding to the first draft. |
Impact | Participants have responded to the draft report and we will review their responses to help us finalise the report, which will include the next steps. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Organised and ran a Research Roadmap workshop in Vibration Serviceability, leading to a report, which participants are still reviewing |
Organisation | RCI Dynamics |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Invited participants from industry and academia from all over the world to participate in a research roadmapping workshop, which we organised at the University of Exeter. |
Collaborator Contribution | Organised and delivered the workshop in collaboration with experts in research roadmapping at the University of Cambridge's Institute for Management Education and Consultancy Services. Academic and industry participants travelled from all over the world to take part or participated remotely, by prepopulating information templates to help form the discussion/agenda, and taking part in group discussions over the two days. This was part of an ongoing project - the next step is a report, and participants are reviewing and responding to the first draft. |
Impact | Participants have responded to the draft report and we will review their responses to help us finalise the report, which will include the next steps. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Organised and ran a Research Roadmap workshop in Vibration Serviceability, leading to a report, which participants are still reviewing |
Organisation | Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) |
Country | Global |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Invited participants from industry and academia from all over the world to participate in a research roadmapping workshop, which we organised at the University of Exeter. |
Collaborator Contribution | Organised and delivered the workshop in collaboration with experts in research roadmapping at the University of Cambridge's Institute for Management Education and Consultancy Services. Academic and industry participants travelled from all over the world to take part or participated remotely, by prepopulating information templates to help form the discussion/agenda, and taking part in group discussions over the two days. This was part of an ongoing project - the next step is a report, and participants are reviewing and responding to the first draft. |
Impact | Participants have responded to the draft report and we will review their responses to help us finalise the report, which will include the next steps. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Organised and ran a Research Roadmap workshop in Vibration Serviceability, leading to a report, which participants are still reviewing |
Organisation | Swallow Acoustic Consultants Ltd |
Country | Canada |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Invited participants from industry and academia from all over the world to participate in a research roadmapping workshop, which we organised at the University of Exeter. |
Collaborator Contribution | Organised and delivered the workshop in collaboration with experts in research roadmapping at the University of Cambridge's Institute for Management Education and Consultancy Services. Academic and industry participants travelled from all over the world to take part or participated remotely, by prepopulating information templates to help form the discussion/agenda, and taking part in group discussions over the two days. This was part of an ongoing project - the next step is a report, and participants are reviewing and responding to the first draft. |
Impact | Participants have responded to the draft report and we will review their responses to help us finalise the report, which will include the next steps. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Organised and ran a Research Roadmap workshop in Vibration Serviceability, leading to a report, which participants are still reviewing |
Organisation | Techniker |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Invited participants from industry and academia from all over the world to participate in a research roadmapping workshop, which we organised at the University of Exeter. |
Collaborator Contribution | Organised and delivered the workshop in collaboration with experts in research roadmapping at the University of Cambridge's Institute for Management Education and Consultancy Services. Academic and industry participants travelled from all over the world to take part or participated remotely, by prepopulating information templates to help form the discussion/agenda, and taking part in group discussions over the two days. This was part of an ongoing project - the next step is a report, and participants are reviewing and responding to the first draft. |
Impact | Participants have responded to the draft report and we will review their responses to help us finalise the report, which will include the next steps. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Organised and ran a Research Roadmap workshop in Vibration Serviceability, leading to a report, which participants are still reviewing |
Organisation | University of Bath |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Invited participants from industry and academia from all over the world to participate in a research roadmapping workshop, which we organised at the University of Exeter. |
Collaborator Contribution | Organised and delivered the workshop in collaboration with experts in research roadmapping at the University of Cambridge's Institute for Management Education and Consultancy Services. Academic and industry participants travelled from all over the world to take part or participated remotely, by prepopulating information templates to help form the discussion/agenda, and taking part in group discussions over the two days. This was part of an ongoing project - the next step is a report, and participants are reviewing and responding to the first draft. |
Impact | Participants have responded to the draft report and we will review their responses to help us finalise the report, which will include the next steps. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Organised and ran a Research Roadmap workshop in Vibration Serviceability, leading to a report, which participants are still reviewing |
Organisation | University of Bristol |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Invited participants from industry and academia from all over the world to participate in a research roadmapping workshop, which we organised at the University of Exeter. |
Collaborator Contribution | Organised and delivered the workshop in collaboration with experts in research roadmapping at the University of Cambridge's Institute for Management Education and Consultancy Services. Academic and industry participants travelled from all over the world to take part or participated remotely, by prepopulating information templates to help form the discussion/agenda, and taking part in group discussions over the two days. This was part of an ongoing project - the next step is a report, and participants are reviewing and responding to the first draft. |
Impact | Participants have responded to the draft report and we will review their responses to help us finalise the report, which will include the next steps. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Organised and ran a Research Roadmap workshop in Vibration Serviceability, leading to a report, which participants are still reviewing |
Organisation | University of Cambridge |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Invited participants from industry and academia from all over the world to participate in a research roadmapping workshop, which we organised at the University of Exeter. |
Collaborator Contribution | Organised and delivered the workshop in collaboration with experts in research roadmapping at the University of Cambridge's Institute for Management Education and Consultancy Services. Academic and industry participants travelled from all over the world to take part or participated remotely, by prepopulating information templates to help form the discussion/agenda, and taking part in group discussions over the two days. This was part of an ongoing project - the next step is a report, and participants are reviewing and responding to the first draft. |
Impact | Participants have responded to the draft report and we will review their responses to help us finalise the report, which will include the next steps. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Organised and ran a Research Roadmap workshop in Vibration Serviceability, leading to a report, which participants are still reviewing |
Organisation | University of Leicester |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Invited participants from industry and academia from all over the world to participate in a research roadmapping workshop, which we organised at the University of Exeter. |
Collaborator Contribution | Organised and delivered the workshop in collaboration with experts in research roadmapping at the University of Cambridge's Institute for Management Education and Consultancy Services. Academic and industry participants travelled from all over the world to take part or participated remotely, by prepopulating information templates to help form the discussion/agenda, and taking part in group discussions over the two days. This was part of an ongoing project - the next step is a report, and participants are reviewing and responding to the first draft. |
Impact | Participants have responded to the draft report and we will review their responses to help us finalise the report, which will include the next steps. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Organised and ran a Research Roadmap workshop in Vibration Serviceability, leading to a report, which participants are still reviewing |
Organisation | University of Leuven |
Country | Belgium |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Invited participants from industry and academia from all over the world to participate in a research roadmapping workshop, which we organised at the University of Exeter. |
Collaborator Contribution | Organised and delivered the workshop in collaboration with experts in research roadmapping at the University of Cambridge's Institute for Management Education and Consultancy Services. Academic and industry participants travelled from all over the world to take part or participated remotely, by prepopulating information templates to help form the discussion/agenda, and taking part in group discussions over the two days. This was part of an ongoing project - the next step is a report, and participants are reviewing and responding to the first draft. |
Impact | Participants have responded to the draft report and we will review their responses to help us finalise the report, which will include the next steps. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Organised and ran a Research Roadmap workshop in Vibration Serviceability, leading to a report, which participants are still reviewing |
Organisation | University of Warwick |
Department | Warwick Business School |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Invited participants from industry and academia from all over the world to participate in a research roadmapping workshop, which we organised at the University of Exeter. |
Collaborator Contribution | Organised and delivered the workshop in collaboration with experts in research roadmapping at the University of Cambridge's Institute for Management Education and Consultancy Services. Academic and industry participants travelled from all over the world to take part or participated remotely, by prepopulating information templates to help form the discussion/agenda, and taking part in group discussions over the two days. This was part of an ongoing project - the next step is a report, and participants are reviewing and responding to the first draft. |
Impact | Participants have responded to the draft report and we will review their responses to help us finalise the report, which will include the next steps. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Organised and ran a Research Roadmap workshop in Vibration Serviceability, leading to a report, which participants are still reviewing |
Organisation | Virginia Tech |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Invited participants from industry and academia from all over the world to participate in a research roadmapping workshop, which we organised at the University of Exeter. |
Collaborator Contribution | Organised and delivered the workshop in collaboration with experts in research roadmapping at the University of Cambridge's Institute for Management Education and Consultancy Services. Academic and industry participants travelled from all over the world to take part or participated remotely, by prepopulating information templates to help form the discussion/agenda, and taking part in group discussions over the two days. This was part of an ongoing project - the next step is a report, and participants are reviewing and responding to the first draft. |
Impact | Participants have responded to the draft report and we will review their responses to help us finalise the report, which will include the next steps. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Organised and ran a Research Roadmap workshop in Vibration Serviceability, leading to a report, which participants are still reviewing |
Organisation | WSP Group plc |
Department | WSP UK Ltd |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Invited participants from industry and academia from all over the world to participate in a research roadmapping workshop, which we organised at the University of Exeter. |
Collaborator Contribution | Organised and delivered the workshop in collaboration with experts in research roadmapping at the University of Cambridge's Institute for Management Education and Consultancy Services. Academic and industry participants travelled from all over the world to take part or participated remotely, by prepopulating information templates to help form the discussion/agenda, and taking part in group discussions over the two days. This was part of an ongoing project - the next step is a report, and participants are reviewing and responding to the first draft. |
Impact | Participants have responded to the draft report and we will review their responses to help us finalise the report, which will include the next steps. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Organised and ran a Research Roadmap workshop in Vibration Serviceability, leading to a report, which participants are still reviewing |
Organisation | Waterman Partnership |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Invited participants from industry and academia from all over the world to participate in a research roadmapping workshop, which we organised at the University of Exeter. |
Collaborator Contribution | Organised and delivered the workshop in collaboration with experts in research roadmapping at the University of Cambridge's Institute for Management Education and Consultancy Services. Academic and industry participants travelled from all over the world to take part or participated remotely, by prepopulating information templates to help form the discussion/agenda, and taking part in group discussions over the two days. This was part of an ongoing project - the next step is a report, and participants are reviewing and responding to the first draft. |
Impact | Participants have responded to the draft report and we will review their responses to help us finalise the report, which will include the next steps. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Organised and ran a Research Roadmap workshop in Vibration Serviceability, leading to a report, which participants are still reviewing |
Organisation | Western Sydney University |
Country | Australia |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Invited participants from industry and academia from all over the world to participate in a research roadmapping workshop, which we organised at the University of Exeter. |
Collaborator Contribution | Organised and delivered the workshop in collaboration with experts in research roadmapping at the University of Cambridge's Institute for Management Education and Consultancy Services. Academic and industry participants travelled from all over the world to take part or participated remotely, by prepopulating information templates to help form the discussion/agenda, and taking part in group discussions over the two days. This was part of an ongoing project - the next step is a report, and participants are reviewing and responding to the first draft. |
Impact | Participants have responded to the draft report and we will review their responses to help us finalise the report, which will include the next steps. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Peace Bridge vibration study |
Organisation | Queen's University Belfast |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Evaluation and retrofit of the bridge using experience from other footbridges |
Collaborator Contribution | Evaluation and retrofit of the bridge using experience from other footbridges |
Impact | Further work on an iconic structure, possibly a good REF ICS or part of one. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Peace Bridge vibration study |
Organisation | Transport NI |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Evaluation and retrofit of the bridge using experience from other footbridges |
Collaborator Contribution | Evaluation and retrofit of the bridge using experience from other footbridges |
Impact | Further work on an iconic structure, possibly a good REF ICS or part of one. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Title | VSATs - Vibration Serviceability Assessment Tools |
Description | VSATs is a combined research and commercial tool used for assessment of vibration serviceability of structures occupied and dynamically excited by humans, such as staircases, footbridges, floors and grandstands. It is a modular based suite of software developed by researchers to implement the latest findings of their research pertinent to vibration serviceability. However, due to its versatility and high public profile, it has been increasingly sought after by industry for commercial vibration serviceability assessment of structures. |
Type Of Technology | Software |
Impact | Numerous commercial projects where highly sophisticated and accurate assessment was used to reduce the weight of structures, in particular in hospitals, stadia and office floors. |
URL | http://fullscaledynamics.com/software/ |
Description | CPD course on Vibration Serviceability at IStructE in London (May 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Delivery of an interactive CPD course on Vibration Serviceability at the IStructE's premises in London (May 2016). We were invited to do this by the Institution for Structural Engineers (IStructE) as there was a need for this training in industry. The course was so popular, there was a huge waiting list and consequently, we have booked two more dates in London for 2017. IStructE even received enquiries from abroad. They are now looking at booking dates in Manchester and Glasgow for further course delivery opportunities to industry. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | CPD in "Vibration Serviceability of Civil Structures: Design and assessment of structures for vibration |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | University of Cape Town and IStructE in South Africa, invited 2-day CPD in "Vibration Serviceability of Civil Structures: Design and assessment of structures for vibration" delivered with Professor J. M. W. Brownjohn in Johannesburg and Cape Town to more than 40 delegates, August-September 2014. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008,2014 |
Description | IMAC 2017 sessions chaired |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited to chair three additional special conference sessions at IMAC 2017, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics organised for the Society for Experimental Mechanics. These were on Damage Identification of Civil Structures, Structural Dynamics organised for the Society for Experimental Mechanics and Human-induced Vibrations: Models. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Instigated, organised and chaired special conference session on Human-induced Vibrations: Serviceability at IMAC 2017, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics organised for the Society for Experimental Mechanics |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Instigated, organised and chaired special conference session on Human-induced Vibrations: Serviceability at IMAC 2017, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics organised for the Society for Experimental Mechanics. The session attracted paper submissions from industry and academia from all over the world. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Instigated, organised and chaired special conference session on Vibration Serviceability, Human-Induced Vibrations at Sixth International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation (SEMC 2016) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Instigated, organised and chaired special conference session on Vibration Serviceability, Human-Induced Vibrations at Sixth International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation (SEMC 2016). This conference session attracted paper submissions by academics and professional practitioners from all over the world. We are now reviewing the extended papers requested by the conference organisers. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Instigated, organised and ran a Research Roadmap workshop in Vibration Serviceability |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Instigated, organised and ran a Research Roadmap workshop in Vibration Serviceability. Participants from academia and industry from all over the world, either travelled to the University of Exeter to take part, or participated remotely. Participants completed the information request templates to help form the basis of the workshop and following the workshop responded to the initial draft of the report identifying the relevant needs and important future actions. Once the report is finalised and approved by participants, we will decide on the next steps for taking this forward. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |