Hybrid steel wire strands with carbon fibre reinforced plastics

It has been hypothesised that weight reduction in ropes can be realised by the hybridisation of steel strands with non-metallic carriers in order to improve the efficiency of hoisting processes, most notably in mining applications. While this has been attempted by replacing steel central wires with...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ratner, Alon
Other Authors: Pinna, Christophe
Published: University of Sheffield 2016
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.684606