Wind tunnel simulation of wind effects and associated displacement hazards on flat surface construction materials such as plywood /
Accidents and hazards continue to plague the construction
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1996.
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | Accidents and hazards continue to plague the construction achieved lift forces exceeding the material weight of 107 adequately secure materials on any sites where large flat allow construction supervisors to reasonably prepare for such anticipated conditions. The Texas A&M University low speed applied with a safety factor allows for reasonable area flat sheets of construction material, specifically four calculations to be made to determine potential hazards and edge surface of the materials. Velocities were used up to 60 feet by eight feet sheets of floordeck plywood weighing 107 floor decking material with the air stream flowing over the for several front and side angles of the wind striking the forces and the susceptibility to movement of large surface ftifl-scale data and the sampled data. Tests were performed industry. One often overlooked hazard to workers is the information a pressure coefficient was developed which when materials may be handled or stored. materials such as plywood. This research was developed to miles per hour full-scale equivalent. The full-scale model miles per hour. This was consistent with the half-scale test Next, a half-scale model was placed in the test section of potential for flying debris and materials during high winds. pounds at one orientation angle at a velocity just below 30 pounds. It also examined and evaluated the correlation of a predict the potential movement of these materials. This will pressures for a similar orientation. Various orientations required to create such an airborne hazard with flat surface sampling transducer to measure the actual pressures at select shape coefficient to movement of materials and wind show select correlations between the wind velocity, lifting stack until top sheet separated or lifted from the stack. the tunnel with pressure ports attached to a high speed This research was designed to evaluate the wind velocity velocities, so that calculations can be made to adequately velocities. This allowed for a correlation between the wind tunnel was used to place a ftffl-scale stack of plywood yielded different forces as was anticipated. From this |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Safety Engineering". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | ix, 182 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. Also available online. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references: page 55. |