Guidance Notes: General Series (GS) GS 53 Single-flue steel industrial chimneys: inspection and maintenance

Publication Year

1997

Document Status

Withdrawn

Abstract

Reviews the necessity for, and methods of, carrying out inspections of single-flue steel industrial chimneys. Owners, operators and users of steel industrial chimneys have duties to protect the health and safety of their employees and others affected by the operation of the chimney. Among other things, they need to ensure that the chimney is properly maintained. Single-flue steel chimneys rely on the structural integrity of the flue for their stability. They are vulnerable structures because the flues vent and are, therefore, often in close contact with the agents which cause rapid deterioration of steel. In addition, they are dynamically sensitive and extremely complex structures and are different from conventional structures because they respond readily to the cyclic components of everyday loads, especially wind.

ISBN

9780717613298

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