Amick, H.
, Sennewald, B.
, Teague, E.
and Scace, B.
(1998),
Analytical/Experimental Study of Vibration of a Room-Sized Airspring-Supported Slab, Noise Control Engineering Journal
(Accessed May 9, 2025)
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Analytical/Experimental Study of Vibration of a Room-Sized Airspring-Supported Slab
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Author(s)
H Amick, B Sennewald, ,
Abstract
This paper reports the results of the finite element analysis and in-situ testing of a large-scale (4 m x 10 m) pneumatically isolated concrete slab are reported. The slab was constructed as a design prototype for next generation metrology laboratories at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, MD. Results include computed and measured mode shapes and natural frequencies, as well as the measured performance under ambient conditions. The slab was able to achieve one-third-octave band vibration amplitudes as low as 0.25 micro υ/s (10 υ in/s) over some frequency ranges.Citation
Noise Control Engineering Journal
Volume
46(2)
Issue
No. 2
Pub Type
Journals
Keywords
concrete slab, finite element analysis, finite element modeling, inertial slab, mode shapes, passive air-isolation, vibration isolation
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Created February 28, 1998, Updated October 12, 2021