Field Survey on Suitable In-service Wind Speed Limit for Tower Crane Operation 


Vol. 33,  No. 1, pp. 103-108, Feb.  2018
10.14346/JKOSOS.2018.33.1.103


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Since tower cranes are susceptible to wind loads, the operation of the tower crane should be ceased when it exposed to a strong wind. For this reason, even in Korea, the operation limit for wind loading on the tower crane is regulated by a law. Recently the Korean law in which provided the wind speed limit to cease the tower crane operation has been revised from “instantaneous wind speed of 20 m/s” to “instantaneous wind speed of 15 m/s”. Although this revision is expected to reduce safety risks in tower crane operation, some field operators still insist to lower the wind speed limit. However, in many countries “wind speed of 20 m/s” is normally used as the maximum in-service wind speed for tower cranes. Therefore, the investigation of the proper wind speed for regulation would be helpful to secure the safety of the tower crane operation under windy condition. In this study the validity of the revised wind speed limit is investigated with the surveys targeted to both tower crane practitioners and parties of concerned in construction companies, in which various questions was provided for a suitable wind speed limit and the answers were analyzed. The results showed that the revised wind speed limit is acceptable to tower crane practitioners as well as the parties of concerned in construction companies and is satisfying the structural stability requirement for in-service state tower crane. Therefore, it can be concluded that the revised wind speed limit is valid in humanly safety point of view.

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[IEEE Style]

이의주 and 신성우, "Field Survey on Suitable In-service Wind Speed Limit for Tower Crane Operation," Journal of the Korean Society of Safety, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 103-108, 2018. DOI: 10.14346/JKOSOS.2018.33.1.103.

[ACM Style]

이의주 and 신성우. 2018. Field Survey on Suitable In-service Wind Speed Limit for Tower Crane Operation. Journal of the Korean Society of Safety, 33, 1, (2018), 103-108. DOI: 10.14346/JKOSOS.2018.33.1.103.

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