Research Article

Application of Viscoelastic Tuned Mass Dampers in Vibration Mitigation of Steel Joist Jack Arch Floor Structures

Table 1

Parameter values of various walking load models.

DateModelfpaviPhase angles

1977Blanchard [29]av1 = 0.257
1987Bachmann and Ammann [30]2.0–2.4av1 = 0.4–0.5,
av2 = αv3 = 0.1
1998Kerr [31]1–3 = −0.264 + 1.3206 − 1.7597fp + 0.7613,
 = 0.07,
 = 0.06
2001Young [32]1–2.8 = 0.37 (fp − 0.95) < 0.56,
 = 0.054 + 0.0044 fp,
 = 0.026 + 0.005 fp,
 = 0.01 + 0.0051
2011–2012Chen [33]1.5–3 = 0.2817 fp − 0.2393,
 = 0.0895,
 = 0.0601,
 = 0.0577,
 = 0.0429
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