The influence of wire rope fatigue research on crane standards and crane performance

Round Table The Application of Endurance Prediction for Wire Rope – Reading

Summary

The performance of a steel wire rope on a crane amongst other factors depends on the design factor of the rope, the load spectrum, on the ratio between sheave diameter and nominal rope diameter D/d, on the number of sheaves bending the most stressed rope section, on the frequency of the lifting operations and on the fatigue resistance of the rope.

Author: R. Verreet