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- From: ted@nmsu.edu (Ted Dunning)
- Subject: Re: RP's?
- In-Reply-To: marlatt@spot.Colorado.EDU's message of Sat, 19 Dec 1992 01:12:38 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec19.011238.1316@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> marlatt@spot.Colorado.EDU (Stuart W. Marlatt) writes:
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- I read an interesting test which was done for the Screamer.
- An anvil was tied to a short length of rope (5 ft. seems to
- ring a bell), which was then anchored to a fixed point -
- _via a pair of shoelaces_! The anvil was dropped (factor 1),
- and barely slowed down when it hit the end of the rope.
- Add the Screamer (and a new pair of shoelaces) - viola! THe
- anchor holds!
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-
- this is a wonderful example of when something like a screamer will do
- some good. on the other hand, with more rope out, the anchor would
- likely break because a load limiter can only absorb a finite amount of
- energy (easily calculated... they start coming loose at about 800
- pounds of load, and usually give you about 1-2 feet of extra fall...
- this means that they absorb about 1000-2000 foot pounds of energy).
- in a short fall, this absorption can easily make all the difference,
- while in a longer fall the amount of energy that must be absorbed
- would be considerably larger.
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