TY - JOUR A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Building response due to ground vibration - simple prediction model based on experience with detailed models and measurements T2 - International journal of acoustics and vibration N2 - Construction work, such as pile driving and soil compaction, or road and railway traffic excite nearby buildings, and the perceptible or audible vibration can be a nuisance for nearby inhabitants. A simplified building model has been created for these situations, which includes the effects of soil-structure interaction, the low-frequency amplification along the height of the building as well as the high-frequency reduction and the floor resonances. The model consists of one wall for all supporting structures (walls and columns) and one floor for each storey. The effect of different floor resonance frequencies is included in a stochastic procedure. The soil is modelled by a spring and a viscous damper, and the free-field amplitudes of the soil are applied under this soil element. The model can be calculated by transfer matrices or in a continuous wave-type version where an analytical solution can be evaluated numerically. The building response in the high-frequency (acoustic) region is calculated as mean values over wider frequency bands. The approach to an infinite building model can be found for these high frequencies and the corresponding soil-structure transfer can be described by the ratio of impedances at foundation level. The rules for choosing the parameters to obtain realistic results are derived from complex calculations for example, for the stiffness and damping of building foundations and many measurements as for the damping of floor resonances. The influences on the floor resonance from the soil (damping) and the supporting structure (detuning) are important. Some more effects will be discussed by the simplified and detailed models and by measurements to establish a good understanding of ground-induced building vibrations. CY - St. Petersburg, Russia PY - 2010 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bam/frontdoor/index/index/docId/22014 AN - OPUS4-22014 SN - 1027-5851 VL - 15 IS - 3 SP - 101 EP - 112 AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany