37º IAHS World Congress on Housing: - Universidad de Cantabria

XXXVII <strong>IAHS</strong><strong>World</strong> <strong>Congress</strong> on HousingOctober 26 – 29, 2010, Santander, SpainCODE: 810MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF METAL TIES FORSECURITY NETS AND IPE’sJavier García Barba, Ramón Irles Más, Juan Carlos Pomares TorresDepartment of Engineering of ConstructionUniversity of Alicante, Spaine-mail: javier.garciabarba@ua.esKey words: metal, tie, security, net, ipeAbstractCompliance with the current Spanish and European legislation on fall protection from heightsin the different phases of civil engineering or construction projects ensures that workers willperform their jobs in a safe environment. However, although the rules clearly regulate thefeatures of individual protective equipment (IPE) -such as fall arrest devices, fasteningsystems or harnesses-, they do not account for the elements that must yield the appropriatestatic and dynamic mechanical behaviour of different systems, i.e. the anchors of both netsand IPE. This study attempts to define the necessary conditions that must govern theimplementation of tests for the different types of anchoring, examining the material used insafety devices.37º <strong>IAHS</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Congress</strong> On Housing Science 278