Abstract: Snow slides off unobstructed slippery sloped roofs, but this behavior is not adequately quantified. As a result, most building codes and standards require slippery sloped roofs to be designed for excessively large snow ...

Abstract: Excessive vibrations and deflections associated with human movements have recently become of great concern in modern structures. The recommended design values for human loading in the current U.S. building codes and standards ...

Abstract: Spectators and participants performing various maneuvers produce transient and harmonic dynamic occupant loads. Individuals and groups performed prescribed impulsive and continuous actions on a large force platform. Periodic ...

Abstract: Excessive vibrations and deflections of modern flexible structures can be imposed by crowd movements. Dynamic forces generated by moving crowds of people while walking were measured using a specially designed, large, ...