ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 10137 Second edition 2007-11-15 Bases for design of structures Serviceability of buildings and walkways against vibrations Basesducalcul desconstructions-Aptitudeauservicedesbatiments et des passerelles sous vibrations Referencenumber ISO 10137:2007(E) @ISO2007 Not for Resale ISO10137:2007(E) PDFdisclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In accepts noliabilityinthisarea. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by IsO member bodies. In the unlikely event that a problem relating to it is found, please inform the Central Secretariat at the address given below. COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT ISO2007 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either isO at the address below or isO's memberbody in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Casepostale56.CH-1211Geneva20 Tel.+ 4122749 0111 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published inSwitzerland @ ISO 2007 -All rights reserved without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 10137:2007(E) Contents Page Foreword. Introduction vi 1 Scope 2 Normative references.. 3 Terms and definitions. 4 Descriptionofthevibrationproblem. 4.1 General remarks.... 4.2 Vibration source..... 4.2.1 Vibration sources inside a building 4.2.2 Vibration sources outside a building.. 4.3 Transmission path 4.4 5 Dynamicactions 5.1 General remarks.. 5.2 Machinery. 5.2.1 Rotating machinery 5.2.2 Reciprocating machinery... 5.2.3 Impacting machinery 5.2.4 Other machinery . 5.3 Vehicular traffic (road and rail).. 5.3.1 General remarks..... 5.3.2 Motorvehicles. 5.3.3 Railway trains. 5.4 Impulsive sources. 5.4.1 Generalremarks.. 5.4.2 Impulsive sources inthe ground 5.4.3 Controlled intermittent and impulsive sources within a structure. 5.4.4 5.5 Humanactivity.... 5.5.1 Repetitive coordinated activities over a fixed area... 5.5.2 Persons traversing structures....... 5.5.3 Single pulses.. 8 5.6 Wind. 5.7 Earthquakes 6 Evaluation of response.. 6.1 General remarks... 6.2 Methods of analysis.. 9 6.2.1 General remarks... 6.2.2 Actions that vary with time and space ... 9 6.2.3 Actions that vary with time ... 10 6.3 Evaluationofvibrationlevelsbycalculation 10 6.3.1 General remarks.. 10 6.3.2 10 6.3.3 Vibrations propagating in continuous media 10 6.3.4 Vibrations of discrete media.. 6.4 Evaluation ofvibration levels bymeasurement 6.4.1 General remarks..... 6.4.2 Quantitiestobemeasured.. 11 6.4.3 Measuring apparatus and range of parameters ... 12 Copyright International Organization forstandardizaion'ghts'reserved ili from IHS Not for Resale ISO 10137:2007(E) 6.4.4 Arrangement of measurement points .... 6.4.5 Vibration measurement analysis and results. 13 6.4.6 Measurement report... 13 7 Vibration criteria for the serviceability limit state... 7.1 General remarks.......... 13 7.1.1 Criteria for human occupants.. 7.1.2 Criteria for building contents... 7.1.3 Criteria for building structures 14 7.2 Vibration criteriafor human occupancies 14 7.2.1 Generalremarks. 14 7.2.2 Requirements for walkways.. 15 7.3 Vibration criteria for building contents 15 7.3.1 General remarks....... 7.3.2 Vibration criteria for equipment and processes in buildings under design. 16 7.3.3 Evaluation of vibrations in existing buildings .... 7.4 Vibration criteria for building structures... 16 7.4.1 General remarks... 7.4.2 Criteria forvibra