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Journal
Volume 69 (1993)
Front matter 1
Preface 3
Table of Contents 7
Rubric: Theme 1: Performance requirements 13
Article: Backgrounds to serviceability requirements 15
Article: Serviceability requirements 25
Article: Serviceability and tolerances 33
Article: Habitability under horizontal vibration of low rise buildings 39
Article: Human perception tresholds of horizontal motion 45
Article: Human response to horizontal motion of tall buildings 53
Article: Probabilistic criteria for serviceability limit of wind response 59
Rubric: Theme 2: Design concepts and methods 67
Article: Serviceability criteria for building codes 69
Article: Structural serviceability depending on multiple parameters 85
Article: Probabilistic design concept 91
Article: Australian performance standard for domestic metal framing 99
Article: Role of load testing and structural monitoring in appraisal 105
Article: Structural serviceability of buildings 111
Article: Floor vibrations: a new design approach 119
Article: Minimizing floor vibration caused by building occupants 125
Article: Measurement of floor vibration 133
Article: Evaluation of habitability under building floor vibration 141
Rubric: Theme 3: Service loads and load model 147
Article: Low-frequency forces caused by people: design force models 149
Article: Defining occupant loads and mitigating associated vibrations 157
Article: Evaluation of dynamic crowd effects for dance loads 165
Article: Reduction factor for human loads in dancing halls 173
Rubric: Theme 4: Structural properties 179
Article: In-Service lateral stiffness of steel-framed buildings 181
Article: Evaluation of structural behaviour by in-situ dynamic tests 189
Article: Serviceability and analysis models of steel buildings 195
Article: Serviceability of beams with slender webs 201
Article: Serviceability requirements for composite beams 207
Article: Deflection of composite slabs connected with welded lattice 213
Article: Initial and long-term deformations of prestressed concrete members 219
Article: Statistical distribution of crack widths in reinforced concrete bars 225
Article: Transient vibration in light frame floors 231
Article: Dynamic performance of Australian domestic floors 237
Article: Vibration serviceability of ribbed plates by modal synthesis 243
Article: Influence of concrete cracks on floor vibration 251
Rubric: Theme 5: Response to service actions 257
Article: Performance requirements for building structures in post terminals 259
Article: Preload analysis of reinforced concrete flexural members 265
Article: Designing reinforced concrete floors for serviceability 271
Article: Serviceability analysis of structures including creep effects 277
Article: Estimation of across-wind response of tall buildings 283
Article: Dynamic response of buildings on breakwater in Monaco 291
Article: Predicting floor response due to human acitivity 297
Article: Vibration characteristics of shallow floor structures 303
Article: Dynamic response of a composite slab in an office building 309
Article: Tuned mass dampers for continuous beams 315
Article: Floor response from vier of human body and construction 321
Article: Vibration and serviceability in post terminal buildings 327
Index: IABSE reports 333