Calculation reference material 1

[Russell10]

I am sure this is in the forum somewhere so sorry for wasting your time if it is something that has been covered before, but I am in the fall protection industry. I have been tasked with coming up with a lot of hand calculations for various different types of problems. I have seen solutions to some of these problems, but was curious as to some of the best reference material you guys would suggest for myself in the industry.(We do a lot with roof top anchors, wall anchors, davit arms etc.) Some work on mounting to a variety of structures concrete, steel I beams, C-channel, Z-purlin, bar joist, masonry etc. Any handbooks or material you guys might suggest?

Thanks for your time and help.

 

[Teguci]

https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Protection-Third-Nigel-Ellis/dp/1885581319

 

[Russell10]

Thank you Teguci, I do in fact have that book as well as the next version of the book. It is very helpful in understanding the industry and the fall protection standards and although it does give some formulas for such calculations I was looking for a book that might go deeper into structural calculations

 

[Teguci]

Once I had the loads on the system I then went to the appropriate material design manual - AISC for steel, ACI for concrete and concrete anchorage. Putting a 3,600 lb load on masonry, wood or light guage steel is done but I've been fortunate to stay away from those difficult problems.

 

[Russell10]

Yeah I understand that! I have been looking at a problem with masonry and it is very difficult to find anything on the material. I am assuming it is because of the inconsistency of the material/lack of durability.

Thanks again for the advice

 

[KootK]

Yeah, fall protection is difficult space. A wide range of materials and lots of non-standard problems that university professors have zero interest in. I'd be astonished if you were ble to find a manual of typical calcs unless some body comes out of the woodwork to post an internal design guide or something. The closest that I can think of would be something like this: Link. You might improve your odds some if you're able to narrow down the range of materials and/or situations that you're interested in.

 

[miningman]

material. I am assuming it is because of the inconsistency of the material/lack of durability.

Cant help but observe that rock is one of the most hetrogenous materials known to man. As an ex boss, who was a civil engineer, asked me one day when we were underground together and I was explaining some rather interesting ground support issues to him " How can you deal with these issues?" Unlike steel or concrete. nothing is homogenous?"My response was to the effect " Thats what makes it interesting".

It is possible to engineer fall protection in hetrogenous materials