Dr Vitomir Racic

Lecturer

Address:
Department of Civil and Structural Engineering
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD

Telephone: +44 (0) 114 222 5790
Fax: +44 (0) 114 222 5700
Email: v.racic@sheffield.ac.uk

Qualifications

• Ph.D., 2010, University of Sheffield
• BSc.(hons) 2005, University of Belgrade

Profile

Vito Racic joined the Sheffield Vibration Engineering Section (VES) in summer 2006 as a Research Student, fully funded by the prestigious the UK Overseas Research Students Award Scheme and first Departmental and then EPSRC-funded Studentship. He defended a PhD in December 2009, and following a year in VES as a Research Fellow, he was appointed lecturer in the Department in January 2011.

He works at the interface of engineering, social sciences and biomechanics of human locomotion on a range of phenomena:

• experimental identification and mathematical modelling of human-induced dynamic loads, such as due to walking, jumping and running
• human-structure dynamic interaction: influence of perceptible structural vibrations on the contact forces between humans and structures
• vibration serviceability assessment of civil engineering structures occupied and dynamically excited by humans: design scenarios
• synchronisation of human body motion in groups and crowds: psychology of mass behaviour

Activities and Distinctions

Dr Racic's departmental responsibilities include Departmental Health and Safety Officer and Departmental Radiation Protection Supervisor.

Selected Publications

• Racic V and Brownjohn JMW (2011) Stochastic model of near-periodic vertical loads due to humans walking. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 25 (2), April, pp 259-275. ISSN 1474-0346. DOI 10.1016/j.aei.2010.07.004
• Racic V and Pavic A (2010) Stochastic approach to modelling of near-periodic jumping loads. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 24 (8), November, pp 3037-3059. ISSN 0888-3270. DOI 10.1016/j.ymssp.2010.05.019
• Racic V, Brownjohn JMW and Pavic A (2010) Reproduction and application of human bouncing and jumping forces from visual marker data. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 329 (16), August, pp 3397-3416. ISSN 0022-460X. DOI 10.1016/j.jsv.2010.02.021
• Racic V, Pavic A and Brownjohn JMW (2009) Experimental identification and analytical modeling of human walking forces: Literature review. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 326 (1), September, pp 1-49. ISSN 0022-460X. DOI 10.1016/j.jsv.2009.04.020
• Racic V and Pavic A (2009) Mathematical model to generate asymmetric pulses due to human jumping. ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 135 (10), October, pp 1206-1211. ISSN 0733-9399. DOI 10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0000044

Teaching

• Staff Member Responsible (SMR) for MSc module CIV6115 Linear Systems and Structural Analysis.
• Staff Member Responsible (SMR) for UG module CIV1000 Civil and Structural Engineering Mechanics 1.