Understanding and Minimizing Footfall Vibrations

Humans are restless creatures, always moving. They also tend to congregate and enjoy being restless together. Locate all this restlessness in just the wrong spot in a susceptible structure, and the structure is likely to join in – by vibrating in resonance. Structural amplification of human footfalls – walking, jogging, running, jumping, dancing – can be annoying at best and dangerous at worst. …