Human response to vibration in residential environments (NANR209), Technical report 6 : determination of exposure-response relationships

Woodcock, JS; Peris, E; Condie, JM; Sica, G; Koziel, Z; Evans, TA; Moorhouse, AT; Steele, A; Waddington, DC

Abstract

This technical report presents the development of exposure-response relationships for the human response to vibration in residential environments. The data used to formulate the relationships presented in this report are those which were collected for the Defra funded project “NANR209: Human response to vibration in residential environments”, the main aim of which was the development of exposure-response relationships. Vibration caused by railway traffic, construction work, and internal sources outside of the residents’ control were considered. Response data was collected via face to face interviews with residents in their own homes. The questionnaire was presented as a neighbourhood satisfaction survey and gathered information on, among other things, annoyance caused by vibration and noise exposure. Development and implementation of the questionnaire used for the collection of response data is discussed in Technical Report 2 and Technical Report 5. Vibration exposure was determined via measurement and prediction in such a way that, where possible, an estimation of internal vibration exposure was established for each residence in which a questionnaire was completed. The measurement procedures and methods employed to estimate vibration exposure are detailed in Technical Report 1 and Technical Report 3. Estimations of noise exposure were also derived for each residence using the methods detailed in Technical Report 4.

Citation

Woodcock, J., Peris, E., Condie, J., Sica, G., Koziel, Z., Evans, T., …Waddington, D. (2012). Human response to vibration in residential environments (NANR209), Technical report 6 : determination of exposure-response relationships

• Report Type: Technical Report
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2012
• Deposit Date: Sep 5, 2012
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 5, 2016
• Keywords: whole body vibration, annoyance, noise, annoyance from railway vibration, annoyance from construction vibration, exposure-response
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