| dc.contributor.author | Horsburgh, E. M. | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-05-22T12:42:44Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-05-22T12:42:44Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1918 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1842/30284 | |
| dc.description.abstract | | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Historical and Introductory Sketch: Invention and Development of Wire Ropes | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Rotation and Cross section:
Rotation; The circular Wire; The non- circular Wire Section. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Structure of the Strand and Rope:
Winding Machines; The Lathe as a Winding Machine; Lay; Angle of helix; Curvature; Length of a wire; The Wire-strand surface. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The Wire: Testing Machines; An Exteneometry;
The Straight steel wire; Wire Tests; Slip Surface; Combined Stresses, Tension and Bending;
Combined Stresses, Tension and Torsion. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The Rope; Forces acting in the rope; Core and strands, strains: Procedure in commercial testing. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The Rope; Rope Tests; Orthogonal surface of fracture; Ropes to the same specification;
Efficiency; Fracture; Some special forms of ropes. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The Rope in use: Bending and Flexibility; Fatigue and shock; Other Working corditions;
A recent problem; Photographs of specimens. | en |
| dc.publisher | The University of Edinburgh | en |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Annexe Thesis Digitisation Project 2018 Block 19 | en |
| dc.relation.isreferencedby | | en |
| dc.title | Some researches on the structure, strength and commercial testing of steel rope | en |
| dc.type | Thesis or Dissertation | en |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | Doctoral | en |
| dc.type.qualificationname | DSc Doctor of Science | en |
