Dynamic performance requirements for permanent grandstands subject to crowd action : recommendations for management, design and assessment

This report supersedes both Dynamic Performance Requirements for permanent grandstands subject to crowd action; Interim guidance on assessment and design (2001) and Dynamic testing of Grandstands and seating decks (2002). Written for everyone who has responsibility for grandstands, including owners,...

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Corporate Authors Institution of Structural Engineers (Great Britain), Great Britain. Department for Communities and Local Government, Great Britain. Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published London : Institution of Structural Engineers, 2008.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781680155365
1680155369
9781906335120
1906335125
Physical Description1 online resource (vi, 54 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Scope of the recommendations
  • Design event scenarios
  • Listed engineers
  • Natural frequencies and other dynamic properties
  • Testing
  • Management responsibilities
  • Route 1: Compliance with natural frequency requirements
  • Route 2: Design for managed events
  • Analysis of dynamic performance
  • Use of the recommendations.
  • Appendices: Background to human structure interaction ; Body unit properties and recommended loading ; Calculation of modal properties ; Dynamic testing of grandstands and seating decks ; Bibliography.