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The Effect of the Environment on the Serviceability of the Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) Floor: Virtual Reality as a Research Tool

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Abstract

The environment is one of the factors that may influence occupants’ perception of floor vibration and the assessment of floor serviceability. In this study, laboratory tests were conducted on a 3-ply CLT floor. Occupants’ assessment of the floor serviceability under human-induced vibration was investigated. Virtual reality (VR) technique was used as a research method, simulating two common environments in life. First, the correlation between the occupants’ annoyance rating and serviceability indicators (response factor and vibration dose value (VDV)) was compared with existing standards. The results show that the response factor method in ISO 10137:2007 is conservative for timber floors in both bedroom and gym environments. The VDV method in BS 6472-1:2008 can generally reflect the vibration acceptability of timber floor vibration. Then, the effect of acceleration and environment on the floor serviceability assessment was investigated through statistical methods, respectively. A weak positive correlation between the annoyance rating and the acceleration was found. The effect of the environment on floor vibration assessment was found to be significant.


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Author(s): Huang H, Zhang J, Uttley J, Chang WS, Wang BJ

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Advances in Civil Engineering

Year: 2022

Volume: 2022

Pages: 1-12

Online publication date: 30/08/2022

Acceptance date: 11/07/2022

Date deposited: 30/08/2022

ISSN (print): 1687-8086

ISSN (electronic): 1687-8094

Publisher: Hindawi Limited

URL: https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/7562656

DOI: 10.1155/2022/7562656


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