| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/S73761/01 |
| Title: |
Dynamic Behaviour of Stadia Under Human Occupation & Excitation |
| Principal Investigator: |
Reynolds, Professor P |
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| Department: |
Civil and Structural Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Sheffield |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
12 July 2004 |
Ends: |
11 January 2008 |
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323,318
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This project will use highly sophisticated testing, monitoring and analysis techniques to investigate the behaviour of stadia structures under crowd occupation and excitation. Key issues such as the nature of dynamic crowd loading at sports and concert events, the ways in which crowds interact with a structure, and the importance of 'global' whole-stand modes of vibration will be investigated in detail. This will be done by performing very high quality multi-shaker dynamic testing of the stadia, followed by a programme of long-term monitoring using an Internet-based remote monitoring system, which has already been developed and has the capability of acquiring vibration, video, sound and other engineering data. One of the key advantages of this research is that it will investigate real stadia occupied by real crowds at real sports and concert events, as opposed to other work in the area which is taking place under more controlled but inevitably unrealistic laboratory conditions. It is expected that this work will result in more accurate methods of modelling stadia under crowd occupation and excitation, which will assist In the development of further design guidance for stadia dynamics. This is certainly required as current guidance for stadia dynamics is universally accepted to be inadequate.
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