Vibration Assessment on Reinforced Concrete Structure Due to Heavy Trucks

Abstract

The vibration caused by the heavy truck is becoming a concern towards the cracking at reinforced concrete structure. This paper discussed the vibration of rigid heavy truck assessment at Masjid Jamek Kampung Bindu, Batu Pahat and be compared to the Department of Environment’s guideline. This study was conducted using accelerometer device to get the vibration’s acceleration reading. There were 13 channels of accelerometers were setup accordingly to get the peak value of acceleration which located at the near of podium, middle of the mosque and near the entrance of mosque. Test 1 had peaked at 49.96 mm/s² occurred at Channel 9, Test 2 had peaked at 69.64 mm/s² occurred at Channel 5 and lastly Test 3 had peaked at 27.51 mm/s² occurred at Channel 13. At the same time, peak velocity value also calculated using the equations. The values are 0.0795 mm/s, 0.1108 mm/s and 0.0438 mm/s, respectively. From the data obtained, a comparison with the acceptable road traffic induced vibration in building by Department of Environment (DoE) is established. Thus, all of the velocity value is considered safe as the findings are less than 1 mm/s, the recommend velocity limit for sensitive buildings.