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Francis Blanc et al. / Procedia Structural Integrity 57 (2024) 343–354 Author name / Structural Integrity Procedia 00 (2019) 000 – 000

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Winch equipped with a drum motor

Structure

Pulley support block

Hydraulic cylinder instrumented in force and displacement

Figure 3: Fatigue test bench

The pulley support block is equipped with 2 pyrometers and a low position detector. Figure 4 shows small pulleys (left) and large pulleys (right).

rope

rope

Figure 4: Pulleys support block allowing to put different diameters of pulleys in different configurations (1 to 3 pulleys)

3.3. Materials

For this paper, we used a single supply of rope from the same manufacturer. This 12mm diameter rope has been developed with an aramid fiber core and an aramid fiber sheath with anti-Ultraviolet treated.