DYNAMIC CROWD LOADING TEST ON TIBETAN ANCIENT STRUCTURES

The field test of a typical Tibetan ancient structure instrumented with displacement and acceleration transducers was conducted to measure time histories due to crowd walking and running. The test case is introduced firstly. The displacement time histories are then used to analyze the dynamic property such as fundamental frequency of vertical vibration and damping ratio of the test structure, and the acceleration time histories are applied to evaluate the floor vibration serviceability. The floor interaction and comparison of human walking and running are also discussed. Some valuable conclusions are given.