At 11:47 AM 7/12/2005, Dennis Crawley wrote: >Dave VanHorn wrote: > > Coiled, falling with climber, or did the climber let go, or his buddy > > on top, or did the rope break? > >A UIAA test. Fall factor of 2, 80Kg mass, only 8.6KN transferred to the >mass. Must be under 12KN. Over 12KN the body get seriously injured. >I'm working on a Out/In equation, just to play with some simulations in >MatLab. >i Interesting.. You'll have to think about heating, and damage happening all through the cable then as well, plus that it's recoil will probably be less than a stock rope, until it cools some. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist