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Steel Beam or Joist Vibration Software

Steel Beam or Joist Vibration Software

Steel Beam or Joist Vibration Software

(OP)
I am looking for the best program to check floor vibrations, and would appreciate any thoughts on this.

RE: Steel Beam or Joist Vibration Software

Vibration from what?

RE: Steel Beam or Joist Vibration Software

(OP)
Vibrations due to "human activity", ala AISC Design Guide 11.

RE: Steel Beam or Joist Vibration Software

RAMSBEAM has a vibration check built in based on the Murray's method for composite beams.

RE: Steel Beam or Joist Vibration Software

Ram Structural System version 9 checks beam vibration correctly utilizing AISC Design Guide 11.  RAM v9 checks vibrations by exporting them to Dr. Murray's program Floor Vibe.  A demo version of Floor Vibe can be downloaded from www.aisc.org if you are an AISC member.  

The most recent version of RISA 3D also claims to perform this check correctly though I have not verified it myself.  

RAMSBEAM's previous implementation of the old Murray criterion is no longer valid.  The Murray criterion should no longer be used - vibration is a "bay" problem not a "beam" problem.  The new version of Ramsbeam no longer has vibration checking capabilities.    

RE: Steel Beam or Joist Vibration Software

Does the new version of RAMSBeam have the latest AISC updates?  Thanks in advance.

RE: Steel Beam or Joist Vibration Software

Dr Tom Murray has software that performs vibrations based on his guide and formula (AISC DG-11).

It is powerful software. However, it is DOS based and I ma not sure he re-wrote it to windows.

Regards,

Lutfi
www.cdeco.com

RE: Steel Beam or Joist Vibration Software

whyun and Lufti - read my previous post as it describes the new version of Murray's software (yes its Windows and its what Ram uses and no "the new version of Ramsbeam no longer has vibration checking capabilities."    




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