Response of cantilever grandstands to crowd loads. Part I: Serviceability evaluation

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Structures and Buildings

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 235-241

  Ellis, Brian R ^a   Littler, John D ^a  

^a Bldg Res Estab Ctr for Struct ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buildings, structure and design; Field testing and monitoring; Stress analysis

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ENGINEERING; LOADS (FORCES); VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); WEIGHING;

CANTILEVER GROUNDSTANDS; VIBRATION DOSE VALUE (VDV);

CANTILEVER BEAMS;

BUILDING; STRESS ANALYSIS; VIBRATION;

EID: 4143092449     PISSN: 09650911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/stbu.2004.157.4.235     Document Type: Article

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