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Anna Jakubczyk-Galczynska , Robert Jankowski
Traffic-induced vibrations. The impact on buildings and people
| Conference Information: |
9th International Conference on Environmental
Engineering, MAY 22-23, 2014 Vilnius, LITHUANIA |
| Source: |
ICEE-2014 - International Conference on Environmental
Engineering |
| Book Series: |
International Conference on Environmental Engineering
(ICEE) Selected papers |
| ISSN: |
ISSN 2029-7092 online |
| ISBN: |
978-609-457-640-9 / 978-609-457-690-4 CD |
| Year: |
2014 |
| Publisher: |
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Press Technika |
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Abstract
Traffic-induced vibrations have recently been of major concern to engineers as one of the aspects of so called physical environmental
pollution. The interest is related to the observations of serious negative effects of such kind of vibrations on buildings and their
inhabitants. Traffic-induced vibrations may cause plaster cracks, structural damage and even failure and collapse of the structure. They
may also be the reason of serious complaints from people living inside buildings which experience vibrations. The aim of the present
paper is to analyze the example of the family house located near a major road with heavy traffic. First, the details concerning the
measuring procedure according to Polish standards have been described. Then, the results of the measurements conducted on site have
been shown and the impact of traffic-induced vibrations on the structure has been analyses and discussed.
Keywords: vibrations; traffic; buildings; noise.
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