Project Design and Verification of Fall Protection System
Location Sultanate of Oman
Date 24-06-26
Revision 00
Property / Description Value Unit Code Reference / Standard Ratio Status
MATERIAL PROPERTIES
Railing Steel Yield Strength (Fy) 248.00 MPa ASTM A500 Grade B
Railing Steel Ultimate Strength (Fu) 400.00 MPa ASTM A500 Grade B
Modulus of Elasticity (E) 200000.00 MPa ISO 6892 / AISC 360
Steel Density (ρ) 7850.00 kg/m3 Steel Constant
Bracket Plate Yield Strength (Fy,plate) 275.00 MPa ASTM A572 Grade 50
Bracket Plate Ultimate Strength (Fu,plate) 400.00 MPa ASTM A572 Grade 50
Bracket E70xx Weld Metal Strength (Fexx) 485.00 MPa AWS D1.1 / AWS A5.1
M16 Connection Bolt Ultimate (fu,bolt,m16) 827.00 MPa ASTM A325 High-Strength
M20 Sleeve Clamping Bolt Ultimate (fu,bolt,m20) 800.00 MPa ISO 898-1 Grade 8.8
Concrete Parapet Compressive Strength (f'c) 28.00 MPa Design Minimum Spec
SECTION PIPE - CHS 50x10
Outer Diameter (OD) 60.30 mm Fabricator Drawing Spec
Wall Thickness (t) 8.00 mm Fabricator Drawing Spec
Inner Diameter (ID) 44.30 mm Outer Diameter less walls
Cross-sectional Area (Arail) 1314.44 mm2 PI / 4 * (OD² - ID²)
Moment of Inertia (Irail) 459938.17 mm4 PI / 64 * (OD4 - ID4)
Section Modulus (Zrail) 15255.00 mm3 Irail / (OD / 2)
Weight per Meter (Wrail) 10.32 kg/m Area * Density
SECTION BRACKET
Plate Thickness (tp) 12.00 mm Fabricator Drawing Spec
Plate Depth / Height (dp) 150.00 mm Bracket Profile Depth
Cross-sectional Area (Abracket) 1800.00 mm2 tp * dp
Strong-Axis Moment of Inertia (Ixx) 3375000.00 mm4 tp * dp³ / 12
Strong-Axis Section Modulus (Sxx) 1612.90 mm3 Ixx / (dp / 2)
Weak-Axis Moment of Inertia (Iyy) 21600.00 mm4 dp * tp³ / 12
Weak-Axis Section Modulus (Syy) 3600.00 mm3 Iyy / (tp / 2)
Weight per Meter (WBracket) 12.93 kg/m
Weight per Meter (WSleeve Mount) 12.56 kg/m
SECTION BASEPLATE
Sleeve Height (Hsleeve) 200.00 mm Parapet vertical overlap
Sleeve Width (Wsleeve) 200.00 mm Contact bracket depth
Vertical Anchor Spacing (dbolts) 160.00 mm Anchorage lever spacing
Contact Bearing Area (Abearing) 40000.00 mm2 Sleeve contact area
DESIGN LOADS
Support Post Spacing (L) 2000.00 mm Center-to-center span
Horizontal Projection (L_proj) 860.00 mm Wall projection offset
Bracket Skew Angle (θ) 20.00 deg Horizontal skew slope
Personnel Mass (m) 600.00 kg OSHA 1926.502 Limit
Wind Force (W) 0.20 kN
Dead Load (D) 0.54 kN 1.2*Assembly structural mass
Live Load (L) 5.89 kN Personnel gravity vector
ASD Combined Vertical (Pv) 6.43 kN Dead + Live Load
ASD Combined Horizontal (Ph) 0.20 kN Wind force component
PIPE VERIFY
Max Bending Moment (Mmax) 2250.16 kN-mm Continuous Multi-Span
Actual Bending Stress (fb) 147.50 MPa Mmax / Zrail
Allowable Bending Stress (Fb) 163.68 MPa 0.66 * Fy (AISC F3.1) 0.90 PASS
Actual Deflection (Δ) 3.86 mm Continuous Deflection
Allowable Deflection (Δallow) 8.33 mm L / 240 Standard 0.46 PASS
Project Design and Verification of Fall Protection System
Location Sultanate of Oman
Date 24-06-26
Revision 00
Property / Description Value Unit Code Reference / Standard Ratio Status
BRACKET VERIFY INCLINED
True Arm Cantilever Length (Larm) 915.19 mm Lproj / cos(θ)
Strong-Axis Moment (Mx) 5883.80 kN-mm Pv * Larm
Weak-Axis Moment (My) 172.00 kN-mm Ph * Larm * cos(θ)
Axial Force on Arm (Pa) 0.07 kN Ph * sin(θ)
Strong-Axis Stress (fbx) 3.65 MPa Mx / Sxx
Weak-Axis Stress (fby) 0.05 MPa My / Syy
Axial Stress (fa) 0.04 MPa Pa / Abracket
Allowable Strong-Axis (Fbx) 181.50 MPa 0.66 * Fy,plate (AISC F11.1)
Allowable Weak-Axis (Fby) 206.25 MPa 0.75 * Fy,plate (AISC F11.2)
Bracket Combined Stress Ratio 0.02 AISC H1.1 Combined Limit 0.02 PASS
CLAMP BOLTS VERIFY
Applied Shear Force per Bolt (Vb) 1.61 kN Total load distributed
Actual Shear Stress (fv) 10.26 MPa Vb / Ab (Tensile Area)
Allowable Shear Stress (Fv) 186.08 MPa 0.45 * fu,bolt / I (AISC J3.2) 0.62 PASS
SLEEVE BOLTS VERIFY
Overturning Moment on Face (Mo) 5.53 kN-m Pasd,v * Lproj / 1000
Pullout Tension per Bolt Row (T) 34.56 kN Mo * 1000 / dbolts
Actual Tension Stress per Bolt (ft) 76.79 MPa T / Aanchor (2 bolts/row)
Allowable Tensile Stress (Ft) 300.00 MPa 0.75 * fu,anchor / I (AISC J3.2) 0.002 PASS
CONCRETE BEARING VERIFY
Actual Concrete Bearing Stress (fp) 0.86 MPa T / Abearing
Allowable Concrete Bearing (Fp) 9.80 MPa 0.35 * f'c (ACI 318-19 ASD) 0.09 PASS
WELD VERIFY
Fillet Weld Size (w) 8.00 mm AWS Fillet Leg Size
Total Length of Weld (Lw) 300.00 mm Both vertical faces (2 * dp)
Weld Throat Area (Aw) 1697.04 mm2 Effective shear throat area
Polar Moment of Weld (Sw) 7500.00 mm3 Section modulus of weld line
Stress from Bending (σbend) 130.32 MPa Overturning bending stress
Stress from Direct Shear (τshear) 16.07 MPa Direct vertical load shear
Combined Weld Stress (fw,total) 131.31 MPa Vector resultant stress
Allowable Weld Stress (Fw,allow) 145.50 MPa 0.30 * Fexx (AISC ASD J2.4) 0.82 PASS
FRICTION CLAMP VERIFY
Torque Clamping Force (Tbolt) 45.00 kN Pre-tightened tension/screw
Number of Clamping Bolts (n) 4.00 pcs Screw quantity
Total Clamping Normal Force (Ntotal) 180.00 kN Pre-load clamping normal force
Friction Coefficient (μ) 0.45 Steel-to-rough concrete
Ultimate Slip Resistance (Rs) 81.00 kN Frictional capacity
Factor of Safety Applied (Φ) 2.00 ASD Safety Margin
Allowable Slip Capacity (Rasd) 40.50 kN ASD Slip capacity
Actual Overturning Slip Demand (Vd) 27.64 kN Mo / contact height (0.2m) 0.68 PASS
DESIGN SUMMARY
Governing Design Code Utilization Ratio Design Status
AISC 360-16 ASD, Section F3.1 0.90 PASS
Structural Serviceability, L/240 0.46 PASS
AISC 360-16 ASD, Section H1.1 0.02 PASS
AISC 360-16 ASD, Table J3.2 0.62 PASS
AISC 360-16, ASD Table J3.2 0.002 PASS
ACI 318-19, Bearing Limit 0.09 PASS
AISC 360-16 ASD, Section J2.4 0.82 PASS
ACI 318-19, Friction Check 0.68 PASS
OVERALL SYSTEM DESIGN STATUS ALL CHECKS PASSED
Project Design and Verification of Fall Protection System
Location Sultanate of Oman
Date 24-06-26
Revision 00
Property / Description Value Unit Code Reference / Standard Ratio Status