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When these slender systems are made of structural glass, additional effects due to transparency may also affect human behaviours and motions. In this paper, based on a single body motion, a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) sensor in the body\u2019s centre of mass (CoM) is introduced, an extended, original experimental investigation is presented, and human-induced effects on slender transparent floors are discussed. Major attention is given to the well-known dynamic load factor (DLF) induced by a single pedestrian\u2019s normal walk; a fixed walking rate is assigned, and different substructures (with major variations in their structural dynamic parameters) are taken into account. A discussion of experimental results is proposed for rigid reinforced concrete (RC), and a laboratory contrast system (SLAB#1), which is used as a reference for the analysis of DLF trends on relatively light and flexible transparent glass flooring systems (SLAB#2 and SLAB#3). It is shown that structural frequency and mass, but also possibly transparency, can affect human motion and result in a quantitative modification of measured DLF values, especially for the first and second harmonics of vertical force components.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jsan11040081","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,28]],"date-time":"2022-11-28T06:04:36Z","timestamp":1669615476000},"page":"81","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Body Motion Sensor Analysis of Human-Induced Dynamic Load Factor (DLF) for Normal Walks on Slender Transparent Floors"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3875-2817","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chiara","family":"Bedon","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, 34127 Trieste, Italy"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6572-0573","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marco","family":"Fasan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, 34127 Trieste, Italy"}]},{"given":"Salvatore","family":"No\u00e8","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, 34127 Trieste, Italy"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"1086","article-title":"Vibrations in structures induced by man and machines","volume":"15","author":"Bachmann","year":"1987","journal-title":"Can. 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