Parameters of the safety and fall arrest nets in buildings under construction

Moscow State University of Civil Engineering, Yaroslavskoe shosse, 26, Moscow, 129337, Russia

^* Corresponding author: viktor.37@mail.ru.

Abstract

There are terms of industrial safety provision for construction and reconstruction of building and structures for various purposes through the use of protection netting devices, which in some cases is the only possible means of preventing industrial injury in the event of a person or objects possible fall from height. Given are basic component elements of devices in which synthetic netting materials are proposed as the most pacing factor for required degree of protection. Considered are protection netting devices’ key parameters allowing ensuring guaranteed arresting of items falling from certain height, as well as required length and angle for brackets installation with required distance between them. Based on derived dependences, established was a family of items’ descent trajectories for various components of horizontal speed and values of initial center-of-gravity position that are shown on respective nomograph. A nomograph was also built allowing identifying under given values the bracket length and angle of its installation with the purpose of ensuring arresting of falling item. To reduce the probability of a falling human collision with supporting structures of a protection netting device, recommended minimum distance between brackets was set.