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The handbook is a unique resource, covering not only the history of fiber rope technology, but also the modern material properties and construction of natural and manmade fiber ropes. ... [R]ecommended for college and university libraries supporting Engineering, Physics, Industrial Design, Maritime and Defense programs. -<br>E-Streams, Vol. 8, No. 8, 2005

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Henry McKenna is President of Tension Technology International which is based in the USA and UK. He has extensive experience in rope manufacturing techniques, technology of fibre materials, rope handling machinery and systems design, accident investigations and industry sales and distribution. John Hearle is Emeritus Professor of Textile Technology in the University of Manchester and Senior Consultant to Tension Technology International. He has been a Visiting Associate Professor at MIT and is an Honorary Fellow and Honorary Life Member of the Textile Institute, UK. His life-long work on the mechanics of fibres and fibre assemblies and on fibre fracture and fatigue is recognised internationally. Nick O'Hear is Technical Director of Tension Technology International. He has more than 20 years' experience working with ropes and cables and has developed new electro-mechanical cables for defence and offshore applications and is currently working on non-destructive testing methods for ropes by means of fibre optics and Brillouin scattering.

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