Fundamental Study on a New Evaluation Method of The Safety Prefabricated Scaffolds

  • Takahashi, Hiroki (Construction Safety Research Group, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health) ;
  • Ohdo, Katsutoshi (Construction Safety Research Group, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health) ;
  • Takanashi, Seiji (Construction Safety Research Group, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health)
  • Received : 2010.04.13
  • Accepted : 2010.06.14
  • Published : 2010.06.30

Abstract

When a new member of a scaffold is developed, it is necessary to follow the standard. Therefore, all scaffolds will assume the same structure. The aim of this study was to establish a new method for evaluating scaffold performance. In the present study, a buckling analysis of prefabricated scaffolds was executed, using the shear rigidity of the vertical and the horizontal frames as parameters. From the results, an equation is proposed for evaluating the strength of prefabricated scaffolds.

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