Method of Extending the Fatigue Life of Wire Rope.

Abstract

A method of prestretching a wire rope to substantially increase its useful life. Wire rope is stretched with loads less than its measured tensile breaking strength, which causes a slight plastic stretch. This plastic stretch has been found to increase its useful life by extending the fatigue life of the wire rope. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 17, 1979
Accession Number
ADD006672

Entities

People

  • Aristos Christou

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Fatigue Life

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.