or 8 BRITISH STANDARD - | BS 7385: —e es | Part 1: 1990 + | ISO 4866 : 1990 Evaluation and measurement for vibration in buildings Part 1. Guide for measurement of | vibrations and evaluation of their effects on buildings valuation ete mesurage des vibrations dans _-Messung und Bewertung von Schwingungen in tes batients Gebauden Fre Guide youre mesurage des vibrations ‘Tail. Lttfadon zur Messng und Bewertung Crt dm fess bites der Bang wn sewing sa rar, ti ER SEP GR oes Se, “Oras FS SRA UL BE ESTO SATEBS 7385 : Part 1: 1990 ‘This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the General Mechanical Engineering Standards Policy Committee, was published under the authority of the Board of BSI ‘and comes Into effect on 0 November 1990 © BSI 1990 ‘The following BSI references relate to the work on this Standard Committee reference GIME/21 Draft for comment 88/75461 DC ISBN 0 580 19097 8 Committees responsible for this British Standard ‘The preparation of this British Standard was entrusted by the General Mechanical Engineering Standards Policy Committee (GMEV-) to Technical Committee GME/21, upon which the following bodies were represented: Department of Trade and Industry (National Engineering Laboratory) Electricity Supply Industry in England and Wales Engineering Equipment and Materials Users’ Association Institute of Sound and Vibration Research Institution of Mechanical Engineers Lloyds Register of Shipping Ministry of Defence Power Generation Contractors Association (BEAMA Ltd.) Society of British Aerospace Companies Ltd. ociety of Environmental Engineers Society of Motor Manufacturers and ‘Traders Limited ‘The following bodies were also represented in the drafting of the standard, through subcommittees and panels: British Aggregate Construction Materials Industries British Coal Corporation British Compressed Air Society British Railways Board Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors Institute of Explosives Engineers Institution of Civil Engineers National Federation of Demolition Contractors Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. | Date "Text affected, 189089 BS 7385 : Part 1: 1990 ———— Contents Page Committees responsible Inside front cover National foreword a Introduction Guide 1 Scope 1 2 Normative references 1 3 Source-related factors to be considered 1 4 Building-related factors to be considered 2 5 Quantity to be measured 3 6 Measuring instrumentation ~ 3 7 ~~ Position and fixing of transducers 5 8 Data collection, reduction and analysis 6 9 Method of data evaluation 8 Annexes — A Classification of buildings re B__ Estimation of peak stress from peak particle velocity 6 C Random data 16 D__ Bibliography 17 ‘Tables ~ 1 Typical range of structural response for various sources 4 A.1 Categorization of structures according to group of building 13 A.2 Classification of buildings according to their resistance to vibration and the tolerance that can be accepted for vibrational effects 4 Figure 1 Categories of the types of data