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Dang, Hiep Vu and Živanović, Stana (2015) Experimental characterisation of walking locomotion on rigid level surfaces using motion capture system. Engineering structures, Volume 91 . pp. 141-154. doi:10.1016/j.engstruct.2015.03.003 ISSN 0141-0296.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2015.03.003
Abstract
Low-frequency structures, such as footbridges and long-span floors, are often sensitive to variations in dynamic loading induced by pedestrians. As a result, the design of these structures using traditional deterministic approaches is being replaced by stochastic load models that can accommodate different styles of walking. To inform development and facilitate wider implementation of the new stochastic approaches, a database of experimental data characterising both inter- and intra-subject variability of gait parameters is required. This study aims to contribute to the development of such a database by providing a set of data for walking over rigid level surfaces. The motion capture system Vicon was used for simultaneous monitoring of the kinematic and kinetic gait parameters. Ten test subjects walking at 13 different speeds participated in the experimental programme. Novel experimental data on pacing rate, step length, step width, angular positions of the legs and the trunk, and the force amplitude were collected and statistically characterised. The acquired data are suitable for calibration of the bipedal pedestrian models intended for civil engineering applications.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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Subjects: | T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) T Technology > TG Bridge engineering |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering | ||||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Human locomotion, Optical pattern recognition, Footbridges -- Design | ||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Engineering structures | ||||||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier Science Ltd. | ||||||||||
ISSN: | 0141-0296 | ||||||||||
Official Date: | 15 May 2015 | ||||||||||
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Volume: | Volume 91 | ||||||||||
Number of Pages: | 14 | ||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 141-154 | ||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.engstruct.2015.03.003 | ||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 30 December 2015 | ||||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 28 May 2016 | ||||||||||
Funder: | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), University of Warwick Postgraduate Research Scholarship, Birmingham Science City, Advantage West Midlands (AWM) | ||||||||||
Grant number: | EP/I03839X/1 (EPSRC) |
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