Efficiency and Ergonomic Benefits of Using Radio Controlled Chokers in Cable Yarding by Rien Visser, Thomas Leitner, Karl Stampfer

“…Chokers are wire rope slings used to secure the felled trees to the rigging during cable yarder extracting. …”
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Assessing Cable Tensile Forces and Machine Tilt of Winch-Assisted Forwarders on Steep Terrain under Real Working Conditions by Thomas Holzfeind, Christian Kanzian, Karl Stampfer, Franz Holzleitner

“…In order to assess safety risks, it is necessary to know the tensile forces in the steel wire rope and their interaction with the machine tilt under real working conditions. …”
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Technical challenges and innovations in existing pile extraction and associated borehole backfilling in Japan by Shinya Inazumi

“…It highlights the risks associated with the traditional wire rope method and presents an innovative pile tip gripping and lifting method that aims to improve safety and efficiency by minimizing friction and preventing accidents. …”
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Condition Classification of Fibre Ropes during Cyclic Bend over Sheave testing Using Machine Learning by Shaun Falconer, Peter Krause, Thomas Bäck, Ellen Nordgård-Hansen, Geir Grasmo

“…Fibre ropes have been shown to be a viable alternative to steel wire rope for offshore lifting operations. Visual inspection remains a common method of fibre rope condition monitoring and has the potential to be further automated by machine learning. …”
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Technical Risk Assessment for the Safe Design of a Man-Rider Chair Lift System by Mohd Ahtesham Hussain Siddiqui, Shahzad Akhtar, Somnath Chattopadhyaya, Shubham Sharma, Changhe Li, Shashi Prakash Dwivedi, Katarzyna Antosz, José Machado

“…We also created a simulation model of steel wire rope in Creo 8.0 for analyzing the various stresses on it with the Ansys R 16.2 software. …”
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Design Method and Impact Response of Energy-Consuming High-Fall Flexible Protection System for Construction by Linxu Liao, Zhixiang Yu, Dong Liu, Liru Luo, Liping Guo, Xinquan Tian

“…Compared with the protection system without an energy consumption mechanism, the internal force response of the steel wire rope and the suspended frame reduce by about 60%, and the energy consumption capacity increase more than six times. …”
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Active control for longitudinal vibration of friction hoist system based on tension wheel by Yanting SONG, Ziyu SONG, Huimin HAO, He WANG, Jiahai HUANG

“…The horizontal offset of wire-rope caused by output force was adjusted by adding fixed tensioning wheel. …”
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Replacing Construction Technology of Corroded Ground Wire of 500 kV Line Across Three 220 kV Transmission Lines in the Same Gear by ZHAO Gang, HE Sen, WEI Peicai, SONG Yunhai, QU Zhiyu

“…[Method] Taking the replacement construction of corroded ground wire of a 500 kV transmission line spanning three 220 kV power lines in the same span from Pingguo to Laibin as an example, in order to reduce the risk in the replacement process, the measures were taken, such as wire sealing, two-way protection of steel wire rope installed on the ground wire support, reasonable setting of the traction field, reducing the traction speed of the ground wire and reclosure of the crossing line one by one. …”
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Drone audition for bioacoustic monitoring by Lin Wang, Michael Clayton, Axel G. Rossberg

“…To collect the target sound from the ground, we used a shotgun microphone recording system suspended underneath the drone body with a wire rope (steel fishing line) of length 2 m. The suspended rope puts a large distance between the drone and the recorder, reducing the propeller sound perceived by the microphone. …”
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Dynamic Response of Multiconnected Floating Solar Panel Systems with Vertical Cylinders by Jihun Song, Joonseob Kim, Jeonghwa Lee, Seungjun Kim, Woochul Chung

“…Furthermore, a catenary mooring system with steel wire rope was installed to enhance its station-keeping capability. …”
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Design and implementation of series elastic actuation in a biomorphic robot leg by Chan, Nathaniel K. (Nathaniel Kai Yip)

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EFEKTIFITAS PENGGUNAAN KABEL BAJA DAN KOMPOSIT MORTAR SEBAGAI PERKUATAN MOMEN NEGATIF BALOK BETON BERTULANG TAMPANG T DENGAN PENAMBAHAN TULANGAN KONVENSIONAL PADA BLOK TEKAN by , dimas langga chandra galuh, , Prof. Ir. Iman Satyarno, ME, Ph.D

“…Other specimen was T-sectional reinforced concrete beam in (l) 2400 mm length, (h) 250 mm height, (bw) 150 mm width, with flens width and height in (bf) 400 mm and (t) 75 mm, respectively. The diameters of wire rope and reinforcing steel used for the reinforcement were 10 mm and 8 mm, respectively. …”

Research on safe power threshold of radio wave explosion-proof in coal mine by LIANG Weifeng, SUN Jiping, PENG Ming, PAN Tao, ZHANG Gaomin

“…Cable, water pipe, rail, steel wire rope, overhead line, tape rack and other axial conductors laid along the roadway axis are thin and long, but will not form a ring antenna conducive to radio wave reception. …”
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Wire Tension Coordination Control of Electro-Hydraulic Servo Driven Double-Rope Winding Hoisting Systems Using a Hybrid Controller Combining the Flatness-Based Control and a Distur... by Xiang Li, Zhencai Zhu, Gang Shen, Yu Tang

“…When the double-rope winding hoisting system (DWHS) is in operation, tensions of two wire ropes of the DWHS will not be symmetrical because of some factors such as different manufacturing deviation between the twin winding drum and two wire ropes, different winding groove depths, the winding asynchronism of two wire ropes, and elastic modulus difference of two wire ropes and so on. …”
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Numerical Modelling for Synthetic Fibre Mooring Lines Taking Elongation and Contraction into Account by Ivan Ćatipović, Neven Alujević, Smiljko Rudan, Vedran Slapničar

“…Synthetic fibre mooring lines are used as an alternative to traditional steel wire ropes due to their higher strength to weight ratio. …”
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Analysis of the verification criteria of testing methods by tension of steel wires by Miletić Slavica, Trumić Biserka, Stanković Suzana

“…In the paper, the authors present the verification of the test method by tension of metal wires (ropes) at room temperature, Method B, according to the requirements of the SRPS EN ISO 6892-1:2020 standard.…”
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Analysis and control of tendon-sheath actuation mechanism for a novel surgical robotic system by Low, Soon Chiang

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The Oceanographer's Companion : Essential Nautical Skills for Seagoing Scientists and Engineers / by Maul, George A., author

“…Research vessels of the past and present : a brief history of sea-going science -- Seagoing skills : crews, scientific party, logistics; emergencies, first aid and CPR -- Research vessel construction : terminology, equipment, machinery -- Stability and trim : tonnage, SOLAS, maritime organizations; sea change -- Science spaces : open deck, wet lab, dry lab, computer lab, stateroom, lockers -- Mariner's compass : true and magnetic, variation, deviation, correcting and uncorrecting -- Coastal navigation : nautical charts, geographic positioning, marine electronics, instruments -- Rules of the road : classes of vessels, lights, day shapes, maneuvering, collision avoidance -- Marlinspike seamanship : lines, knots, splices, blocks, tackle, cleats, fairleads -- Trailerable boats : hubs and hitches, trailering, boat ramps, launching, recovery, anchoring -- Handling equipment : superstructure, deck machinery, wire ropes, clothing, commands -- Oceanographic stations : preparation, time, position, weather, personnel, ancillary data -- Cruise planning and execution : project instructions, foreign waters, geographic names, tides and tidal currents -- Underwater operations : planning, equipment, safety, diving, AAUS certification, underwater archeology -- Celestial navigation : spherical trigonometry, spherical triangles, azimuth, sextant altitude, amplitude, line of position…”

Numerical Modelling of Double-Twisted Wire Mesh for Low-Energy Rockfall Catch Fences by Hassan Al-Budairi, Zhiwei Gao, Andrew Steel

“…The typical design consists of a double-twisted steel wire mesh supported by ground posts and strengthened by anchoring wire ropes. The fence stops falling rocks by dissipating the impact energy mainly through elastoplastic stretching of steel wires in the mesh. …”
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DETERMINATION OF THE TENSILE STRESS IN MINE HOISTING CABLES USING NUMERICAL METHODS by MANUEL-IONUȚ DRAICA, FLORIN DUMITRU POPESCU, ILDIKO BRINAS, VALENTIN POPESCU

“… In the paper, we addressed the simulation and numerical modeling of deformation under static loading of wire ropes used in mine hoisting installations. We presented the main types of extraction vessels (cages and skips) commonly used in the mining industry, as well as the fastening devices to the hoisting rope (DLC). …”
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