Title :
Inspection criteria for HMPE rope
Author :
Heins, Dustin ; Mozsgai, Greg ; Tanzarella, Angelo
Author_Institution :
Samson Rope Technol., Bellingham, WA, USA
Abstract :
Accurately estimating the residual strength and discard/retirement criteria of used rope is becoming increasingly necessary in applications dependent on high modulus synthetic ropes. Precise measurement of residual strength on a used synthetic rope requires destructive testing of the line. This paper investigates the correlation between visual assessment and residual rope strength through statistical analysis of damaged HMPE ropes in order to establish accurate inspection criteria.
Keywords :
condition monitoring; fault diagnosis; inspection; internal stresses; materials testing; polymers; ropes; statistical analysis; HMPE rope; damage; destructive testing; discard criteria; high modulus synthetic ropes; inspection criteria; residual strength; statistical analysis; visual assessment; Industries; Inspection; Retirement; Steel; Testing; Visualization; Wires; HMPE; Inspection; Retirement; Synthetic Rope;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS - Bergen, 2013 MTS/IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bergen
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0000-8
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS-Bergen.2013.6608018
