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Mooring Rope Table

The document provides a table of standard strengths for polypropylene 8 strand ropes, comparing British and Japanese standards. It includes rope sizes, circumferences, diameters, and strength ratings in tonnes. Notes clarify that the measurements are approximate and that spliced strength is about 90% of unsplliced strength.

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Mooring Rope Table

The document provides a table of standard strengths for polypropylene 8 strand ropes, comparing British and Japanese standards. It includes rope sizes, circumferences, diameters, and strength ratings in tonnes. Notes clarify that the measurements are approximate and that spliced strength is about 90% of unsplliced strength.

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British Japanese

u.s. Standard Standard


Rope Circ. Diameter Cordage Ins. BS 4928 JIS 2704
Size No. (See Note 1) (See Note 1) (1985) (See Note 2) (See Note 2)
(See Note 1) mm. mm. in. tonnes tonnes tonnes

1 24 8 Q33 0,8 1.0 0.8


1.25 30 10 0.4 1.4 1.4 1.t
1.5 36 12 0,5 1,7 2.0 1.7
1.75 42 14 0.6 2, 1 2.8 2.2

2 48 16 0.67 2,5 3.5 2.8

2.25 54 18
~
0.7 3.4 ' .~
45 3.5

2.5 60 20 0.8 4.0 5;3 4.2

2.75 66 22 0.9 4.7 6;5 5.1

3 72 24 1.0 5.7 7.6 6.0

3.5 84 28 1.1 7.5 10.1 8.0

4 96 32 1.3 9.6 12.8 10.3


'1'
4.5 108 36 1.5 ;"..:
2 ?
1e.1 12.8

5 120 40 1.7 14.7 19.5 15.6


5.5 132 44 1.8 17.6 23.1
6 144 48 1.9 21.2 27.2
6.5 156 52 2.0 24,9 31.3
7 168 56 2.2 28.1 35.8
7.5 180 60 2.5 32.7 41.3 33.1

8 192 64 2.7 36,7 46.7

9 216 72 3.0 46.7 58.5

10 240 80 3.3 55.8 72.1 56.7


11 264 88 3.7 66.2 86.2

12 288 96 4.0 77.6 102.1

Notes:

1) Rope size number is the nominal circumference of the rope infnches. All circumferences and diameters
are approximate, as determined by common rope industrypract!ces.

2) British
c and Japanese
., Standards are for rope tested without splices.
c Spliced strengthls approximately
' ,
90% of unsplrced strength. New IS0 and DIN Standards are essentially equrvalenttoBrlt(shSta/)dard.

TABLE 6.7

"STANDARD" STRENGTHS OF POLYPROPYLENE 8 STRAND ROPES

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