Dynamic performance requirements for permanent grandstands subject to crowd action
Subtitle: recommendations for management, design and assessment
By: Institution of Structural Engineers, Department for Communities and Local Government, Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Contributors: Great Britain. Department for Communities and Local Government; Great Britain. Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Publisher: Institution of Structural Engineers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 54
ISBN-13: 9781680155365; 9781906335120
Subjects: Grandstands; Design and construction; Concrete construction; Testing; Structural dynamics; Construction en béton; Essais; Constructions; Dynamique
Description: 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, operators, managers, architects, insurers and engineering designers, as well as local authority staff dealing with building control and safety issues. --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Scope of the recommendations; title: Design event scenarios; title: Listed engineers; title: Natural frequencies and other dynamic properties; title: Testing; title: Management responsibilities; title: Route 1: Compliance with natural frequency requirements; title: Route 2: Design for managed events; title: Analysis of dynamic performance; title: Use of the recommendations.; title: Appendices: Background to human structure interaction ; Body unit properties and recommended loading ; Calculation of modal properties ; Dynamic testing of grandstands and seating decks ; Bibliography.