http://www.caverinfo.com The latest news from the caving scene. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:08:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.caverinfo.com/2009/09/knot-break-strength-vs-rope-break-strength/ http://www.caverinfo.com/2009/09/knot-break-strength-vs-rope-break-strength/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:59:26 +0000 admin http://proba123.netne.net/wordpress/?p=83 An interesting article by Dave Richards, who tested rope break strengths in various scenarios.It describes how the knots are reducing the breaking strength of ropes (static/dynamic).8 knots were chosen for testing; bowline, fig. 8 end, fig. 8 bight, butterfly, fisherman’s knot, double fisherman’s knot, sheet bend, and double sheet bend.

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