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2. Rope - Wikipedia

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   Rope may be constructed of any long, stringy, fibrous material (e.g., rattan, a natural material), but generally is constructed of certain natural or synthetic fibres. [1] [2] [3] Synthetic fibre ropes are significantly stronger than their natural fibre counterparts, they have a higher tensile strength, they are more resistant to rotting than ropes created from natural fibres, and they can be ...

3. St Michael's Mount Tramway - Wikipedia

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   The line's varying slopes and the curve near its foot makes the wire haulage rope more prone to thrashing [5] than most rope-worked lines, where gravity usually holds the rope in rollers. It receives its greatest wear nearest the tram, so by buying a rope deliberately longer than necessary it is possible to cut the worn end off three times ...

4. Ropework - Wikipedia

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   A whipping knot is a means of holding the cut end of a rope together to prevent fraying and ensure ease of use. The simplest form is the common whipping. Constrictor knots can serve as temporary whippings while cutting ropes, as can a few layers of adhesive tape.

5. Caving equipment - Wikipedia

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   Climbing rope - rope used for abseiling is low-stretch static rope, typically 9 mm-thick in Europe. In the US, SRT rope is thicker (11mm) and more abrasion-resistant, given the greater amount of rope-rub tolerated. Ropes are cut into varying lengths; Ascender - used to ascend ropes. Devices that used lever cams were once used, though these have ...

6. Ropelength - Wikipedia

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   Can I tie a knot on a foot-long rope that is one inch thick? In terms of ropelength, this asks if there is a knot with ropelength 12 {\displaystyle 12} . The answer is no: an argument using quadrisecants shows that the ropelength of any nontrivial knot has to be at least 15.66 {\displaystyle 15.66} . [ 1 ]

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