Sustainable development of cities: Effects of traffic induced vibration on humans

Abstract

Traffic induced vibrations can hardly cause the damages of buildings but can caused the disturbances and annoying affects of their occupants. This phenomenon has been the object of investigations in many countries due to the rapid urbanization of the modern cities and due to the demand of sustainable development. In this paper presented is the assessment of vibrations on humans in buildings caused by the traffic in Belgrade, Serbia. Due to the luck of national standard for evaluation of effects of vibrations on humans, the German standard DIN 4150-Part 2 was implemented. The results of evaluations are presented and discussed.