Assessing Slipperiness of Commonly Used Floors on the Campus Building

教學大樓常用地板之防滑性評估

許耀文(Yao-Wen Hsu)；鍾宜展(Yi-Chan Chung)；邱重欽(Chung-Ching Chiu)；蔡志弘(Chih-Hung Tsai)；黃曉令(Hsiao-Ling Huang)

滑倒 ； 可攜式測滑儀 ； 地板材質 ； 地表狀況 ； slip and fall ； portable skid resistance tester ； floor material ； floor condition

品質學報

18卷1期（2011 / 03 / 01）

75 - 85

英文

滑倒與跌倒在學校的教學場所中是常見的意外，因此本研究至教學大樓實地使用可攜式測滑儀(portable skid resistance tester)量測12種常用地板的防滑性，並探討三種地板狀況下（乾、濕與沙子覆蓋）摩擦係數的影響情形。結果發現一旦地板潮濕後或覆有沙子時會明顯的降低其摩擦係數，而影響到地板的防滑性；其中地板在潮濕的狀況時會喪失最多的防滑性，其次是有沙子覆蓋的狀況。另外結果也發現到地板表面的特性（如材質與表面粗糙度等）會影響到地板的防滑性。

Slipping and falling are common incidents on school campuses. In this research, we measured the coefficient of friction of 12 floors commonly used on the campus building in Taiwan, under 3 kinds of floor conditions (dry, wet and sand-covered) using the portable skid resistance tester. The results of this study showed that there were significant friction reductions when the floors got wet or covered by sand as compared with dry conditions. And the effects of wet on the friction were more significant than that of the sand-covered conditions. The results indicated that the coefficient of friction was also affected by the floor surface features, such as its material and roughness.

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