LRFD for safety handrail
LRFD for safety handrail
(OP)
Hi all.
Can someone point out the loads and load factors typically used in the North Eastern USA for a safety handrail, for example at the edge of a floor slab under construction?
I have AISC 2005, but I do not have loads from a local code, etc. This is actually for an industrial application on a locomotive being overhauled.
Please let me also know what factors need to be applied to the nominal moment resistance that I'll calculate with Section F10 of AISC.
Thanks!
tg
Can someone point out the loads and load factors typically used in the North Eastern USA for a safety handrail, for example at the edge of a floor slab under construction?
I have AISC 2005, but I do not have loads from a local code, etc. This is actually for an industrial application on a locomotive being overhauled.
Please let me also know what factors need to be applied to the nominal moment resistance that I'll calculate with Section F10 of AISC.
Thanks!
tg






RE: LRFD for safety handrail
I would treat it as live load and apply the factor accordingly.
RE: LRFD for safety handrail
RE: LRFD for safety handrail
tg
RE: LRFD for safety handrail
I'm thinking some of the railroad handrails I've seen also didn't match the OSHA-required 42" height required for General Industry, too.
Note that OSHA specifies minimum handrail member sizes. Also note that OSHA General Industry handrails are 2-rail handrails, which don't meet some of the building code requirements.
RE: LRFD for safety handrail
RE: LRFD for safety handrail
In Canada, I'd simply use 1.5 in front of the live load and 0.9 in front of the nominal bending resistance.
However, the Canadian load is approx 360 lb, not 200 as in the US.
What would you use in the US?
tg
RE: LRFD for safety handrail