Report on B.L.P.

In the last years the achievement of the Block Load Program has been the main task of the "Fatigue of the ropes" Working Party of OIPEEC coordinated by Prof. Renato Giovannozzi. Since previous researches (COMMA 1 , COMMA 2 , BRUGG) demonstrated that it was possible at least for a number of Laboratories, to get not too scattered results performing constant load repeated flexion fatigue tests on the same ropes, the Party, while awaiting for the availability of REFMA machines, planned to investigate three aspects of the wire rope fatigue resistance .

Author: R. Ciuffi