VSimulators: Human factors simulation for motion and serviceability in the built environment

VSimulators是一个全球独一无二的设施，用于探索人们如何在建筑环境中体验运动和振动，例如高层建筑的摇摆，活跃楼层的振动或人行天桥的运动。该设施由一对位于巴斯大学和埃克塞特大学的模拟器组成，在模拟建筑环境中的运动和环境因素方面提供补充能力。使用液压致动器驱动气候控制室，Bath机器可以模拟超低频大振幅的双轴运动，主要用于研究世界各地城市中激增的高层和超高层建筑中居住者的舒适度和健康。该埃克塞特机器使用6轴电动“六足”驱动系统支持刚性4平方米的平台。这将模拟多轴运动，主要是为了研究人类使用人行桥，地板和看台振动响应乘员动态力的舒适度。巴斯机器将包括内部和外部环境的外围视频显示，复杂的环境控制和测量乘员生理和心理反应的系统，而埃克塞特机器将使用复杂的虚拟现实和完整的能力，用于力识别和动作捕捉乘员。使用共用设备（例如，风车，惯性传感器，光学运动捕捉）和技术支持的互补能力将被应用于研究人与结构的相互作用（基于人的舒适、福祉和生产力），该设施将为来自世界各地的研究人员和从业人员提供一种独特的能力，行业和背景。与这个多学科的人员网络一起，VSimulators的独特能力将改变我们能够做什么研究以及我们如何进行研究。

VSimulators is a worldwide unique facility for exploring how people experience motion and vibrations in the build environment, such as sway in tall buildings, vibration of lively floors, or movement of footbridges. The facility consists of a pair of simulators located at the Universities of Bath and Exeter providing complementary capability in mimicking motion and environmental factors in the built environment. Using hydraulic actuators driving a climate controlled room, the Bath machine can simulate biaxial movement at ultra-low frequencies with large amplitudes primarily to study comfort and health of occupants in tall and super tall buildings which are proliferating in cities across the world. The Exeter machine uses a 6-axis electric 'hexapod' actuation system supporting a rigid 4 meter square platform. This will simulate multi-axis motion primarily to study comfort of humans using footbridges, floors and grandstands vibrating in response to occupant dynamic forces. The Bath machine will incorporate peripheral video displays of internal and external environment, systems for sophisticated environmental control and measurement of occupant physiological and psychological reactions, while the Exeter machine will use sophisticated virtual reality and full capability for force identification and motion capture of occupants. Using shared equipment (e.g. treadmills, inertial sensors, optical motion capture) and technical support the complementary capabilities will be applied to research human-structure interaction (based upon human comfort, well-being and productivity), assisted mobility and rehabilitation and populate a spectrum of vibration serviceability guidance.The facility will provide a worldwide unique capability available to researchers and practitioners from a range of industries and backgrounds. Together with this multi-disciplinary network of people, VSimulators' unique capability will transform what research we are able to do and how we carry out that research.