Authors: Hugo Bachmann, Walter J. Ammann, Florian Deischl, Josef
Eisenmann, Ingomar Floegl, Gerhard H. Hirsch, Günter K. Klein, Göran J.
Lande, Oskar Mahrenholtz, Hans G. Natke, Hans Nussbaumer, Anthony J.
Pretlove, Johann H. Rainer, Ernst-Ulrich Saemann, Lorenz Steinbeisser.
Large structures such as factories, gymnasia, concert halls, bridges,
towers, masts and chimneys can be detrimentally affected by vibrations.
These vibrations can cause either serviceability problems, severely
hampering the user's comfort, or safety problems. The aim of this book
is to provide structural and civil engineers working in construction and
environmental engineering with practical guidelines for counteracting
vibration problems. Dynamic actions are considered from the following
sources of vibration: - human body motions, - rotating, oscillating and
impacting machines, - wind flow, - road traffic, railway traffic and
construction work. The main section of the book presents tools that aid
in decision-making and in deriving simple solutions to cases of
frequently occurring "normal" vibration problems. Complexer problems and
more advanced solutions are also considered. In all cases these
guidelines should enable the engineer to decide on appropriate solutions
expeditiously. The appendices of the book contain fundamentals essential
to the main chapters.
