Assessment of the Vibration Influence on Humans in Buildings in the Standards of Different Countries

Abstract

Ground-born vibration produced by different sources can be annoying to nearby building occupants. Analysing the influence of vibration on humans residing in buildings a similar trend is noticeable. After 2003 there have been changes in standards in this area in many countries. There are some trends to connect the regulations for passive and active perception of vibration in standards approach. Seemingly similar regulations specified in standards can be interpreted differently in various countries. This study presents an analysis of such interpretation in the following standards: Polish PN-88/B-02171, British BS 6472-1, Japanese AIJ-GEH-2004, Australian AS 2670.1–2001, American ANSI S3.29-1983, German DIN 4150-2, and ISO international standards ISO 2631-1 and ISO 2631-2. There were analysed in particular parameters for assessing the influence of vibration on humans, the range of considered frequencies, duration of vibration, signal processing and general approach to the problem.