THE MEASUREMENT METHOD OF ACTUAL HOUSE FLOOR VIBRATION AND THE CRITERION TO PREVENT COMPLAINT FROM OCCUPANTS

Abstract

This paper proposes the practical measurement method of floor vibration and the criterion to prevent the complaint from occupants. Using twenty actual wooden and light weight steel-frame floors, the vibration excited by human walking and previously developed "Excitation and Perception Apparatus" is measured. The applicability of the apparatus for actual houses is confirmed by comparing the vibration measurements. The relationship between the vibration measured by the apparatus and the data on the complaint is investigated by using sixty-eight actual floors. The proposed measurement method and the criterion enable to utilize the previously proposed evaluation method of floor vibration.