Fibre ropes

ISO 1872-1 1993 Plastics - Polyethylene (PE) moulding and extrusion materials - Part 1 Designation system and basis for specifications ISO 1872-2 1997 Plastics - Polyethylene (PE) moulding and extrusion materials - Part 2 Preparation of test specimens and determination of properties ISO 1969 2004 Fibre ropes - Polyethylene - 3- and 4-strand ropes ISO 3458 1976 Assembled joints between fittings and polyethylene (PE) pressure pipes -Test of leakproofness under internal pressure ISO 3459 1976 Polyethylene (PE) pressure pipes - Joints assembled with mechanical fittings - Internal under-pressure test method and requirement ISO 3501 1976 Assembled joints between fittings and polyethylene (PE) pressure pipes -Test of resistance to pull out... 

ISO 1140 2004 Fibre ropes - Polyamide - 3-, 4- and 8-strand ropes ISO 1874-1 1992 Plastics - Polyamide (PA) moulding and extrusion materials - Part 1 Designation... 

McKeima, H. A., Searle, J. W. S. and O Hear, N., Handbook of Fibre Rope Technology, Woodhead, Cambridge. 

The chapter will follow the many applications of ropes throngh sections on retail, marine, industrial, sport, and other nses. Inevitably, there are some common featnres, which leads to a cross-over of information, while the nses of ropes and cords are so nn-merons that some will not be mentioned. Mostly, the seqnence will move from the less demanding retail uses, typically served by supermarkets and hardware stores, to the more demanding recreational and commercial uses. For the more commonplace nses, the descriptions will be brief for more specialised applications, more technical detail will be included. In particular, section 13.3.4 on deepwater mooring covers an extensive investigation of a new use of fibre ropes and has many featnres of wider interest. 

Much of the detail in these sections is taken from the Handbook of Fibre Rope Technology and is not individually referenced. 

There are other related uses where steel ropes could be replaced by fibre ropes, such as in cranes used in unloading ships and to hoist heavy weights in building or other operations. Cables are used to support the carriage of loads over a horizontal distance, for example from a quarry to a loading point. 

There is also an opportunity to use fibre ropes as tension textiles in buildings. An example is a bus station in Cambridge, UK (Fig. 13.25), erected in 1991. The structure was designed with four masts, each with a pair of forestays and back stays to support the 7-metre cantilevered roof. The stays are made of Parafil ropes with a Kevlar core their function is primarily to resist snow loading, but they are permanently stressed to... 

Mckenna HA, Hearle JWS, O Hear N. Handbook of fibre rope technology. Cambridge ... 

Leech CM, Hearle JWS, Overington MS, Banfield SJ. Modelling tension and torque properties of fibre ropes and splices. Proc Int Offshore Polar Eng Conf Singapore 1993 11 370-6. 

R Davies, Y. Reaud, L. Dussud, and P. Woerther. Mechanical behavior of HMPE and ara-mid fibre ropes for deep sea handling operations . Ocean Engineering 38, pp. 2208-2214. December 2011. 

Riewald. P.G., Walden, R.G., Whitehill, A.S. and Koralek, A.S. (1986) Design and deployment parameters affecting the survivability of stranded aramid fibre ropes in the marine environment. IEEE OCEANS 86, Conference Proceedings, Washington, DC, September 1986, p. 284. 

Of interest is the study of the properties of glass-carbon fibres on the basis of epoxy resin EDT-10 with modifying additives as well as of the filler composed of carbon and glass fibre ropes in a temperature range between 10 and 400 K. In Fig. 3, specific heat (J/kg K), thermal conductivity (W/m K) and thermal diffusivity (m /s) of glass-carbon fibres along (il) and across (j.) the fibres are plotted against temperature. Temperature dependences A ) (T),... 

Table 27.3. Maximum safe working loads up to the angle illustrated for man-made fibre rope slings. (Courtesy Bridon Fibres Plastics)...

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