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bandycoot


Jan 21, 2010, 5:30 PM

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Re: [acorneau] Interesting PDF (Cams)
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Using the established maximum loading scenario for a two-hundred pound climber falling from a height of thirty feet with seven percent rope-stretch, a maximum impact loading of 2,850 pounds
was established.

Most ropes stretch close to 30% dynamically. Where are they getting 7% from?


(This post was edited by bandycoot on Jan 21, 2010, 5:33 PM)



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