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  • BS 7385-1:1990

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    Evaluation and measurement for vibration in buildings Guide for measurement of vibrations and evaluation of their effects on buildings

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  30-04-2010

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  30-11-1990

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Committees responsible
    National foreword
    Introduction
    Guide
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Source-related factors to be considered
    4 Building-related factors to be considered
    5 Quantity to be measured
    6 Measuring instrumentation
    7 Position and fixing of transducers
    8 Data collection, reduction and analysis
    9 Method of data evaluation
    Annexes
    A Classification of buildings
    B Estimation of peak stress from peak particle
         velocity
    C Random data
    D Bibliography
    Tables
    1 Typical range of structural response for various
         sources
    A.1 Categorization of structures according to group of
         building
    A.2 Classification of buildings according to their
         resistance to vibration and the tolerance that can
         be accepted for vibrational effects
    Figure
    1 Categories of the types of data

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    Basic principles for carrying out measurement and processing data, with regard to evaluating effects on buildings. Primarily directed at structural response and includes appropriate analytical methods where the frequency duration and amplitude can be defined.

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    Committee GME/21/3
    Development Note Supersedes 86/75451 DC (09/2005)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By

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    BS 5607:1998 Code of practice for the safe use of explosives in the construction industry
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    BS 5228-5:1997 Noise and vibration control on construction and open sites Code of practice applicable to surface mineral extraction (except coal) sites
    BS 5228-3:1997 Noise and vibration control on construction and open sites Code of practice applicable to surface coal extraction by opencast methods
    BS 5228-4:1992 Noise and vibration control on construction and open sites Code of practice for noise and vibration control applicable to piling operations
    UNI 9916 : 2014 CRITERIA FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF VIBRATIONS AND THE ASSESSMENT OF THEIR EFFECTS ON BUILDINGS
    BS 6472-2:2008 Guide to evaluation of human exposure to vibration in buildings Blast-induced vibration
    BS 7385-2:1993 Evaluation and measurement for vibration in buildings Guide to damage levels from groundborne vibration
    BS 5228-1:1997 Noise and vibration control on construction and open sites Code of practice for basic information and procedures for noise and vibration control

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    ISO 3010:2017 Bases for design of structures — Seismic actions on structures
    BS 3015:1976 Glossary of terms relating to mechanical vibration and shock
    ISO 2631-2:2003 Mechanical vibration and shock — Evaluation of human exposure to whole-body vibration — Part 2: Vibration in buildings (1 Hz to 80 Hz)
    ISO 4356:1977 Bases for the design of structures Deformations of buildings at the serviceability limit states
    DIN 4150-3:2015-10 (Draft) VIBRATION IN BUILDINGS - PART 3: EFFECTS ON STRUCTURES
    BS 7129:1989 Recommendations for mechanical mounting of accelerometers for measuring mechanical vibration and shock
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