Appliances and furniture
Furniture tip-over prevention — weight does not affect how easily it falls
Mass cancels out of the tipping condition, so how easily furniture falls depends only on its depth and the height of its centre of gravity — a shallow tall bookcase goes over at a shindo 5+
This drawing comes from one YAML file. No shape was moved by hand.
Notes in the source (in Japanese)
倒れ始める条件に、重さは入らない。m·a·h > m·g·(d/2) の両辺から m が消えるので、a / g = (奥行 ÷ 2) ÷ 重心の高さ —— 奥行と重心の高さだけで決まる。浅くて高い家具ほど、小さな揺れで倒れる。
奥行 300mm・高さ 1,800 の本棚なら、中身が均等(重心 900mm)で 163 gal。震度 5 強で、もう届く。(震度と加速度は 1 対 1 に対応しない —— 気象庁「震度と加速度」。ここでは気象庁の計測震度の式I = 2 log a + 0.94 に、周期 1 秒前後の揺れ(フィルターをほぼ素通りする)として当てた目安:125 gal → 5.1(5 強)、163 gal → 5.4(5 強)、237 gal → 5.7(6 弱)、6 強の下限 6.0 は約 340 gal。出典 https://www.jma.go.jp/jma/kishou/know/jishin/kyoshin/kaisetsu/calc_sindo.html ・https://www.jma.go.jp/jma/kishou/know/jishin/kyoshin/kaisetsu/comp.html 取得 2026-09-29)重い本を下へ寄せれば重心 620mm で 237 gal まで粘るが、震度 6 弱で倒れる —— 中身の置き方は固定の代わりにならない。固定のしかたは東京消防庁「家具転対策」(L 型金具等のねじ止めが最も効果的・壁の強度のある所へ・ポール式はストッパー式等と組み合わせる)https://www.tfd.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/lfe/bou_topic/kaguten/measures_house.html 取得 2026-09-29
留める先は壁板ではなく下地。 石膏ボードにビスを打っても地震では抜ける。間柱の間隔は 455mm(尺モジュール)が基本で、下地センサーで探して、そこへ届く長さのビスを使う。金具は家具 1 点につき両端に 2 個以上。
上下に分かれた家具は、まず互いを連結する。 上だけ留めると、下がずれて前へ出る。
Source (YAML)
examples/gallery/259-家具の転倒防止.zumen.yaml
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