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Home > Forums > Marine / Ocean Engineers > Activities > Off-shore structure engineering Forum

Define acronyms related to minimum breaking strength of rope

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buoy (Marine/Ocean)
7 Feb 12 12:14
In a rope manufacturer's catalog, there are two kinds of minimum breaking strength (MBS) listed: SRT MBAS and ISO/BS EN919 MBS.
What do the acronyms SRT and ISO/BS EN919 refer to? I think the first one assumes the rope is spliced, and the second is some official criteria, but I'd like to know for sure.
buoy (Marine/Ocean)
7 Feb 12 13:33
sorry, should read "SRT MBS" not "SRT MBAS".
GRoStruc (Marine/Ocean)
8 Feb 12 0:26
SRT - Samson Rope Technologies

SRT MBS refers to the MBS determined using an in house test method.

The 'ISO/BS-EN919' is a International Standards Organisation ref number.

Definition from the Samson catalogue I have below:

"This international standard requires the rope's strength to be reported without the effects of the termination. For most scenarios, the rope's strength will be 10% higher than the actual breaking strength of a spliced rope. This reporting technique gives an accurate measure of the rope's properties, but additional computation is needed when terminations are required."
buoy (Marine/Ocean)
8 Feb 12 10:36
Thanks, perfect
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