![](/upload/userfiles/mikllaw/Smrope.jpg)
I thought that the core might tear first, giving a jig in the load - displacement curve, but it was fused into the sheath.
![](/upload/userfiles/mikllaw/f8SS.jpg)
Figure 8 curve, the rope snapped inside the F8
![](/upload/userfiles/mikllaw/f8 comparo.jpg)
![](/upload/userfiles/mikllaw/cloveSS.jpg)
the rope snapped in the un-knotted section, not supposed to happen unless you have variable strength.
![](/upload/userfiles/mikllaw/clove comparo.jpg) |