<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet href="client.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
<article article-type="other">
<front>
<journal-meta>
<journal-id/>
<issn/>
<banner>
<href>banner.jpg</href>
<size width="100%"/>
</banner>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<doi>/ISEC.res.2017.45</doi>
<title-group>
<article-title>INFLUENCE OF BASEBOARD HEIGHT ON WIND<br/>
FORCE OF SCAFFOLDS AT BUILDING EDGE</article-title>
</title-group>

<author>HIROKI TAKAHASHI<sup>1</sup>, KATSUTOSHI OHDO<sup>1</sup>, and KAZUO OHGAKI<sup>2</sup></author>

<aff><sup>1</sup>Construction Safety Research Group, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health,<br/>
Umezono Kiyose-City, Japan<br/>
<sup>2</sup>Dept of Building Technologist, Institute of Technologists, Gyoda-City, Japan</aff>


</article-meta></front>
<body>
<abstract>
<title>ABSTRACT</title>
<p>When scaffolds are installed in construction sites, their resistance against wind force
needs to be calculated. Japanese design guidelines require a specific scaffold resistance
against wind force, but such rules and regulations are applicable solely to old-style
scaffolds. A number of risks are inherent in the existing guidelines. First, new-style
scaffolds are used in construction sites without practitioners knowing whether the
design guidelines are appropriate for modern building components. Second, scaffolds
are set near buildings, but workers are unaware of the effect of the wind force at the
building edge. Finally, conventional designs feature the use of baseboards as scaffold
components. While considering the aforementioned issues, a wind tunnel test was
carried out as part of this study to examine the wind force exerted on scaffolds erected
near a building edge. The parameters used in the test were baseboard height and the
distance from the building edge. From the results, when the distances between the
building’s center and the scaffold’s center are 180 mm, the wind force is high.
Additionally, when the baseboard height is 130 mm, the wind force is high. This study
examined the correction number for the wind force coefficient of scaffolds with
baseboards that were positioned at building edge. Whenever the scaffolds were set
near the building edge, we needed to revise the wind force coefficient of the scaffolds.</p>
<p><italic>Keywords: </italic>Fall accident, Projected area, Wind force coefficient, Wind tunnel test.</p>
</abstract>
<fpdf>
<href>pdflogo.jpg</href>
<hpdf>CS-5</hpdf>
</fpdf>
</body>
</article>