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Slip resistance standards: sorting it all out

Author: Miller, B. C.
Year: 1999
Type: Web Page

Abstract:

The Americans with Disabilities Act has raised the concept of slip resistance to a civil right. Many codes recognise a static coefficient of friction of .5 as legal for pedestrian floor surfaces. This paper considers the many test devices such as the Horizontal Drag Slip Meter, The Horizontal Dynamometer Pull-Meter Method, The James Machine, Portable Articulated strut machines and the Sigler Pendulum Tester, available for measuring slip resistance that comply with the American National Standards.


Further Details

Volume 2002
Issue 24 September
Accession Number 9.7.03
Research Notes Electronic copy added 21/08/2013
Keywords North Americalegislation complianceregulation compliancesafety improvementfloor

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