Review Article

Interaction between Walking Humans and Structures in Vertical Direction: A Literature Review

Table 3

Comparison of parameters of the linear oscillator walking human models.

StudyGRF model on stiff surfaceSingle/multipedestriansModel parameters (Hz) (%) (kg) (kN/m) (N/s/m)

SDOF

Archbold, 2004 [60]Synthetic multiharmonic, movingSingleAdoptedTotal25800

Fanning et al., 2005 [61]Synthetic single harmonic, movingSingleIdentifiedTotal7.5

Caprani et al., 2011 [47]Synthetic single harmonic, movingSingleParametric3010–13010–35

Archbold et al., 2011 [62]Synthetic single harmonic, movingSingleParametric30Log normalNormal
Mean = 73.9Mean = 22.5
Var = 21.2%Var = 2.25

Silva and Pimentel, 2011 [63]Synthetic 3 harmonics, movingSingleIdentifiedEquation (1)Equation (3)Equation (2)

Silva et al., 2013 [48]Synthetic 3 harmonics, movingMultipleIdentifiedEquation (1)Equation (3)Equation (2)

Shahabpoor et al., 2013 [52]SingleParametric0.6–61–8070

Shahabpoor et al., 2013 [64]SingleParametric0.6–61–8070

Jiménez Alonso and Sáez, 2014 [65]Synthetic 3 harmonic, movingSingle/multipleIdentified2.754784% of total

Zhang et al., 2015 [44]MultipleIdentified1.8530Total

Shahabpoor et al., 2016 [51]MultipleIdentified2.75–3.0027.5–30Total

Toso et al., 2016 [66]Measured GRFsSingleIdentifiedEquation (4)Equation (6)Equation (5)

MDOF

Kim et al., 2008 [67] Synthetic 3 harmonics, movingSingle, 2 DOFsAdopted (top)