RT Journal Article
SR 00
ID 10.3989/ic.13.161
A1 González García, María de las Nieves
A1 Cobo Escamilla, Alfonso
A1 Castaño Cabañas, Ángel
A1 Prieto Barrio, Maria Isabel
T1 A comparison of the resistance of Temporary Edge Protection Systems to static and dynamic loads
JF Informes de la construcción
YR 2015
FD 2015
VO 67
IS 538
K1 Safety guardrails, flexural strength, deformation, static load, impact
AB Temporary Edge Protection Systems (TEPS) are designed to withstand the impact of a worker that walks, stumbles, and falls against them. This is by nature a dynamic action; however, many standards evaluate TEPS when the surface or slope is slightly inclined (less than 10°), applying static requirements. The performance requirements demanded by these standards are assumed to be equivalent to the impact of a worker, however this point has not been tested. In this study, TEPS with tubular steel guardrails and wooden boards of different quality under two types of loads are evaluated using the static requirements detailed in standard EN 13374. TEPS are subjected to an impact energy of 180 J, simulating a worker of 90 kg walking at a speed of 2 m/s. The results demonstrate that the static requirements of EN 13374 are more demanding than the impact of 180 J in all the systems under study.
SN 0020-0883
LK http://oa.upm.es/40830/
UL http://informesdelaconstruccion.revistas.csic.es/index.php/informesdelaconstruccion/article/view/4225/4879