Commercial quality "aircraft" grade cable and wire rope are mechanical devices consisting of multiple wires or strands, helically wound or laid about an axis. They are made from ferrous or non-ferrous ...

Ron Moore reminds us that compromised wire rope should be removed from service and explains in detail how to uncover and detect such damage. Task: The rescue team shall grasp how to determine when its ...

Steel cable from the small Bethlehem Steel Corp. plant here lifts the elevator in the Eiffel Tower, supports the roof of Madison Square Garden, and stops jets when they land on aircraft carriers. Soon ...

At first glance, replacing steel wire rope and chain, and even conventional synthetic fibres, such as nylon and polyester, with high-performance polyethylene (HPPE), does not appear to be a radical ...

A new Austroads report on road barriers has recommended fitting padding on the posts that hold up the wires on wire rope roadside barriers to improve rider safety, rather than scrapping them ...

The wear and fatigue behaviour of steel wire ropes is a critical area of study, given their widespread use in industrial, maritime, and civil engineering applications. These structural elements are ...