In-situ nondestructive assessment and performance comparison of haulage ropes in bi-cable zig-back passenger ropeway

Authors :: Bubun Das
Debasish Basak
Source :: Russian Journal of Nondestructive Testing. 47:216-220
Publication Year :: 2011
Publisher :: Pleiades Publishing Ltd, 2011.
Abstract: Nondestructive assessment of haulage ropes is essential for aerial ropeways. An attempt has been made in this paper to compare the performance of drive and counter haulage ropes in a zig-back bi-cable aerial ropeway. The study has been carried out over two life span of ropes in the installation.

Subjects :: Engineering
Structural material
Life span
business.industry
Mechanical Engineering
Haulage
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanics of Materials
Performance comparison
Forensic engineering
General Materials Science
Electrical testing
business
Marine engineering

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