Behaviour of Fans during the Football Match

Abstract:

There is an area at each football match, where the core team supporters (a.k.a Ultras) are located. These visitors are actively supporting their club (like jumping, bouncing, jouncing, swaying or abruptly rising, etc.), which can cause bigger or smaller grandstands vibrations. The performed experiment was focused on places with the most actives fans. At first place, the root cause of the vibrations was monitored (motion of the supporters, number of them match statistics), at second place the result of their actions (vibration of the grandstands). This article describes the vibration root cause (fans behaviours) during one match.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 825)
• Pages: 77-80
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.825.77
• Online since: February 2016
• Authors: Martin Verner*
• Keywords: Behaviour of Spectators, Experiment, Football Match, Football Stadium

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[2] M. Verner, Experimental analysis of vibration grandstand caused by crowd of spectators (2014), In: Proceedings of the 5th Conference Nano & Macro Mechanics. Prague: Czech Technical University, 2014, pp.207-212. ISBN 978-80-01-05570-0.