Pulley system analysis
Tuomas Pöysti, a good friend of RopeLab, has written this article presenting his thoughts on analysing pulley systems.
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Dual Main Rope Rescue Systems
There is a growing awareness of the benefits of dual main over the more traditional single main/single backup rope systems. Single main/single backup systems normally see the task undertaken using a main rope with another backup rope
Redundancy in rope systems
The term ‘redundant’ is used with roping systems however I often wonder how much thought is truly put into this concept. By definition, a redundant component of a system is one that is not needed. A system
Rig-For-Rescue
Suspension Trauma There has been some new research looking at the onset of suspension trauma. This was presented at the International Commission for Alpine Rescue (ICAR) 2018 congress in Andorra. This was a study using human trials
Fall Factor 2
In early 2016, I wrote a short piece on Fall Factors. It is published as the article, Fall Factor. It was a brief article with a standard definition and a discussion of each of the following scenarios.