Analysis and Modeling of Snap Loads on Synthetic Fiber Ropes
When a rope quickly transfers from a slack state to a taut state, a snapping action occurs and produces a large tensile force which is known as a snap load. Energy is dissipated during this snap load, and it is proposed to use synthetic fiber ropes as a type of passive earthquake damper in order to...
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Virginia Tech
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/9616 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11092003-135228 |