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Kernmantle rope (from
German kern 'core' and mantel 'sheath') is rope
constructed with its
interior core
protected by a
woven exterior sheath designed...
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general purpose utility rope but rare in
specialized high
performance line.
Kernmantle rope has a core (kern) of long
twisted fibres in the center, with a braided...
- and was
primarily used with
stranded nylon ropes,
before the
advent of
kernmantle ropes made this use both
unnecessary and unsafe. It was used when the...
- of the type of
material being tied (string, cord,
monofilament line,
kernmantle rope, or
nylon webbing). For example,
cotton string may be very small...
- 550 cord when
referring to type-III paracord) is a
lightweight nylon kernmantle rope
originally used in the
suspension lines of parachutes. This cord...
- cords, or a
single untwisted yarn of
straight fibres, and are
known as
Kernmantle ropes. In
electrical and
electronic cables,
braid is a
tubular sheath...
- the rope and thus the
probability of the rope's
catastrophic failure. A
kernmantle rope is the most
common type of
dynamic rope now used.
Since 1945, nylon...
- in length—the
longer versions are for multi-pitch climbing—and have a
kernmantle construction consisting of a core kern of
twisted nylon fibers and an...
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Noose A
noose knot tied in
kernmantle rope
Names Noose,
running knot
Category Loop
Related slip knot,
overhand knot,
double overhand noose, hangman's knot...
- fail to
address their behavior when tied with
modern synthetic fiber or
kernmantle style ropes. In the
first edition,
three entries have non-integer numbers:...
