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Wire Rope Engineering HandBook

The document discusses various topics related to selecting and using wire rope including strengths and weights, stretch, bending effects, stresses, fittings, slings, splicing, gauging, and care of wire rope.

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Wire Rope Engineering HandBook

The document discusses various topics related to selecting and using wire rope including strengths and weights, stretch, bending effects, stresses, fittings, slings, splicing, gauging, and care of wire rope.

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Contents Page

Selecting Wire Rope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6


Strengths & Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Stretch of Wire Rope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Reserve Strengths & Size of Outer Wires . . . . . . 31
Effects of Bending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Stresses Due to Acceleration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Stresses in Guys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Stresses in Suspended Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Multiple Sheave Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Inclined Planes & Slopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Maximum Load on a Wire Rope . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Grooves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Fleet Angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Unreeling & Uncoiling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Spooling & Coiling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Drum & Reel Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Wire Rope Fittings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Wire Rope Slings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Attaching Sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Splicing Wire Rope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Gauging Wire Rope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Care of Wire Rope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Useful Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
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