O'Brien, TM2008-01-222008-01-222004-03O’Brien, TM. 2004. Investigation into the effects of steel wire rope specimen length on breaking force. Safety in Mines Research Advisory Committee, GAP 836, March 2004, pp 63http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1889This report covers work conducted to evaluate the effects of specimen length on the breaking force, in an attempt to validate or refine the discard criteria of SABS 0293: 1996. Inter alia, this included an examination of the postulation of van Zyl (2000). The methodology employed was to test different length of triangular strand and non-spin rope to destruction, and to evaluate these results against SABS 0293:1996. For each rope construction, specimens were prepared both with and without cut wires, giving a total of some 26 triangular strand and five non-spin samples. Unfortunately, anomalous behaviour of the non-spin rope led to the discontinuation of these tests in favour of a greater number of triangular strand rope specimensenSIMRACGAP 836Steel wire ropeSpecimen lengthInvestigationTriangular strandInvestigation into the effects of steel wire rope specimen length on breaking forceConference PresentationO'Brien, T. (2004). Investigation into the effects of steel wire rope specimen length on breaking force. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1889O'Brien, TM. "Investigation into the effects of steel wire rope specimen length on breaking force." (2004): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1889O'Brien T, Investigation into the effects of steel wire rope specimen length on breaking force; 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1889 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - O'Brien, TM AB - This report covers work conducted to evaluate the effects of specimen length on the breaking force, in an attempt to validate or refine the discard criteria of SABS 0293: 1996. Inter alia, this included an examination of the postulation of van Zyl (2000). The methodology employed was to test different length of triangular strand and non-spin rope to destruction, and to evaluate these results against SABS 0293:1996. For each rope construction, specimens were prepared both with and without cut wires, giving a total of some 26 triangular strand and five non-spin samples. Unfortunately, anomalous behaviour of the non-spin rope led to the discontinuation of these tests in favour of a greater number of triangular strand rope specimens DA - 2004-03 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - SIMRAC KW - GAP 836 KW - Steel wire rope KW - Specimen length KW - Investigation KW - Triangular strand LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2004 T1 - Investigation into the effects of steel wire rope specimen length on breaking force TI - Investigation into the effects of steel wire rope specimen length on breaking force UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1889 ER -