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A novel prefabricated curling rink supported by steel frame and precast concrete blocks has been tested by the 2019 China Youth Curling Open, and that will be responsible for the Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics curling competitions in 2022. Due to quite limited researches on the mechanical properties of this professional curling venue, the dynamic behavior of the prefabricated rink under human activities are not well understood. In particular, people and curling stones are potentially more susceptible to the ice vibrations when compared to the traditional curling rink constructed on rammed foundation. Small ice rink vibrations caused by the human locomotion load can make athletes feel uncomfortable, which could affect competition experience, techniques, and skills of the occupancies. At the same time, it can also result in a slightly change of the curling stone trajectories, which ultimately caused the athletes to adopt an erroneous strategy. In order to get a further understanding of the above problems, this paper conducts a series of performance studies based on the 3D finite element model built in ABAQUS and the measured dynamic loads. In this context, it includes the research of on-site measurement of dynamic loads caused by different types of human locomotion on ice sheet, which can provide a reference to the dynamic performance design of prefabricated curling rink supported by similar structural systems. Moreover, the time and amplitude parameters of the footfall forces are extracted to analyze and be compared with the human induced loads results from the existing research, generally obtained on the concrete surface. Then, on the base of the finite element model verified by experiment, the experimental achieved loads are applied for the dynamic analysis to study the vibration acceleration and velocity response of ice sheet. Finally, the vibration response results, including peak acceleration (PA), vibration dose value (VDV), root mean square acceleration (RMS), as well as root mean square velocity were evaluated according to the regulations proposed by the International Olympic Committee and the vibration evaluation standards suggested by AISC design guide, ISO guideline, and VC curves. The analysis results indicate that innovation prefabricated curling ice rink supported by steel-concrete composite floors can meet the requirements of the event and has the prospect of promotion and application.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support by National Key Research and Development Project of China (2020YFF0304301), science and technology R&D plan of CSCEC (CSCEC-2019-Z-7). We would also like to thank Professor Chen Jun from the College of civil engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, for supporting the use of wireless force measuring insoles to obtain the human induced dynamic forces.
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Li, J., Zhang, W. & Yang, Q. Dynamic Performance of a Novel Prefabricated Curling Ice Rink: Human Locomotion Load Measurement and FE Simulation Analysis. KSCE J Civ Eng 25, 4799–4813 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12205-021-0228-1
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