Determining the Safest Anchoring Knot in a Fall Arrest System by Means of Static Tests
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Títol: | Determining the Safest Anchoring Knot in a Fall Arrest System by Means of Static Tests |
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Autors: | Saez, Pedro Ignacio | Carrión Jackson, Elena | Ferrer, Belén | García González, Encarnación | Monge, Juan F. |
Grups d'investigació o GITE: | Materiales y Sistemas Constructivos de la Edificación | Grupo de Análisis de Imagen, Sistemas Ópticos y Visión (IMAOS+V) |
Centre, Departament o Servei: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Edificación y Urbanismo | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ingeniería Civil |
Paraules clau: | Knot efficiency | Construction | Safety | Risk | Personal fall protection systems | Rope access system | Fall arrest systems | Statistical properties |
Data de publicació: | 31-de gener-2024 |
Editor: | MDPI |
Citació bibliogràfica: | Symmetry. 2024, 16(2): 167. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym16020167 |
Resum: | Today, rope access systems (RASs) and fall arrest systems (FASs) incorporate significant technological innovations. This research aims to determine the safest knot to be used in RASs. The most secure knots are those that leave the most resistance in the rope. Static laboratory tests, followed by an extensive statistical analysis of the obtained data, were carried out under controlled conditions. Five types of anchor knots were selected and studied using three rope models with similar diameters, and we analysed the symmetrical versions in the dextrorotational direction. Thirty break tests were performed for each rope model. The total number of breakage tests was 90. The double overhand knot proved to be the safest knot with an average efficiency of 61.82%. A better understanding of the behaviour of knots and their correct use in FASs will be key to accident prevention. |
Patrocinadors: | This research was funded by the University of Alicante and Centro de Innovación Vertical S.A.C., grant numbers PC20-01A and GRE 20-07-A. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/140736 |
ISSN: | 2073-8994 |
DOI: | 10.3390/sym16020167 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipus: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Drets: | © 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Revisió científica: | si |
Versió de l'editor: | https://doi.org/10.3390/sym16020167 |
Apareix a la col·lecció: | INV - MSCE - Artículos de Revistas INV - IMAOS+V - Artículos de Revistas |
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