[5/8] An introduction to dynamic crowd loading | Duhamel Integral Project | DegreeTutors.com

In this part of the project, we'll begin our discussion of human-induced vibration and explore how to model the footfall force generated by a walking pedestrian.

All videos for this Python Project:

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The Duhamel Integral is a versatile and easy to deploy method of simulating the dynamic response of a single degree of freedom system. In this project, we’ll start from scratch and build up an understanding of how and why the Duhamel integral works. We’ll also look at how to solve it, analytically and numerically. Then we’ll use it to do something interesting - simulate the vibration response of a footbridge, induced by a pedestrian crowd. We’ll cover an overview of human-induced dynamic loading before building a simulation tool in Python.

After completing this mini Python Project - you’ll have a simulation tool for assessing the vibration serviceability of any structure that experiences pedestrian loading.

You don’t need to be a Python programmer to work through this project. You can pick up the basics of programming in Python by working through this project.

Here’s a quick overview video from one of my courses that talks you through getting the Jupyter Notebook Dev environment set up on your computer:

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