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Document ID (ISN)64406
CIS number 95-1119
ISBN(s) 0-7176-0903-0
Year 1995
Convention or series no.
Author(s)
Health and Safety Executive
Title Wind loading on temporary structures
Bibliographic information HSE Books, PO Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 6FS, United Kingdom, 1995. iii, 156p. Illus. Bibl.ref. Price: GBP 10.00.
Abstract Proceedings of a conference on wind loading on temporary structures held in Harpur Hill, Buxton, United Kingdom, 26 May 1994. Papers cover: potential for reducing accidents by cladding scaffolds; history of wind damage in the UK; current UK and German practice in cladding scaffolds; commercial advantages of cladding scaffolds; revised code of practice for wind loads (BS 6399: Part 2); structural design of fabric structures to resist wind loading; studies of wind loading on lightweight structures; model experiments on covered scaffolding in a wind tunnel; research on effects of wind loading on clad scaffold structures; design of flexible clad temporary structures.
Descriptors (primary) wind load; United Kingdom; temporary supporting structures; construction industry; scaffolds
Descriptors (secondary) occupational accidents; wind; wind tunnels; statistics; cost of accidents; falling objects; conference; falls from heights; research
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Country / State or ProvinceUnited Kingdom
Subject(s) Construction industry
Broad subject area(s) Mechanical hazards, transport
Browse category(ies) Construction industry and civil engineering
Natural phenomena