Webbing Anchors
Below is a series of links to all the publically available research on webbing anchor testing we have found to date (we exclude papers with analyses and other citations because there are so many!). We have made an attempt to find as much as we could, but it is a work in progress. If you know of any additional testing we are missing, please bring it to our attention (contact us)!
In an effort to make accessing the literature easier, we are providing "at a glance" synopses of the available research in the form of short review papers (bullet points) and synopsis spreadsheets. They will be posted as they are created.
Bullet Point Literature Review Webbing Anchor Synopsis Spreadsheet
Papers:
Web Pages:
In an effort to make accessing the literature easier, we are providing "at a glance" synopses of the available research in the form of short review papers (bullet points) and synopsis spreadsheets. They will be posted as they are created.
Bullet Point Literature Review Webbing Anchor Synopsis Spreadsheet
Papers:
- Evans, Thomas, 2013, Empirical Observation of Anchor Failure Points in Old and Retired Webbing, Proceedings of the International Technical Rescue Symposium 2013 (Also in the ITRS Archive)
- Evans, Thomas, Stavens, Aaron, 2011, Empirically Derived Breaking Strengths for Basket Hitches and Wrap Three Pull Two Webbing Anchors, Proceedings of the International Technical Rescue Symposium 2011 (Also in the ITRS Archive)(Reprinted in: Evans, Thomas, Stavens, Aaron, 2012, Empirically Derived Breaking Strengths for Basket Hitches and Wrap Three Pull Two Webbing Anchors, Nylon Highway 57:8 pages)
- Evans, Thomas, Stavens, Aaron, McConaughey, Sherrie, 2012, Causal Mechanisms of Webbing Anchor Interface Failure and Failure Modes, Proceedings of the International Technical Rescue Symposium 2012 (Also in the ITRS Archive)
- Evans, Thomas, Truebe, Sarah, 2015, A Review of Webbing Anchor Research, International Technical Rescue Symposium 2015 (Also in the ITRS Archive)
- Kovach, Jim, 2007, Webbing Wisdom, FireRescue, May 2007
- Kovach, Jim, 2007, Does Nylon Lose 15% of its Strength When Wet? Proceedings of the International Technical Rescue Symposium 2007 (the data file was also posted here)
- McKently, John, Parker, Bruce, 2000, One Inch Webbing Anchor Tests, Proceedings of the International Technical Rescue Symposium 2000
- Mortimer, Roger, Angel, David, 2014, Baskets versus the Basket+, equivalence of strengths, International Technical Rescue Symposium 2014
- Pylman, David, Spinelli, Philip, 2013, Drop Testing Versus Slow-Pull Strength Testing, International Technical Rescue Symposium 2013
- Wright, Landon, Salmon, John, 2016, An Analysis of the Impact of Environmental Conditions on Webbing Strength, Proceedings of the International Technical Rescue Symposium 2016
Web Pages:
- Delaney, Richard, 2015, Wrap 3 Pull 2 with a Thumb Knot (Requires a subscription to Ropelab for access)
- harness man, 2014, How strong is that sling? or Are you gonna rap on that!!!???
- Moyer, Tom, 1998, Rope and Gear Testing, Salt Lake County Sheriff's Search and Rescue
- SARRR, 2015, Breaking Basket Hitch Webbing Anchors
- SARRR, 2015, Breaking Wrap Three Pull Two Webbing Anchors
- SARRR, 2015, Slow Pull Testing Basket Hitch Webbing Anchors with an Additional Wrap
- SARRR, 2015, Slow Pull Testing Basket Hitches with a Focal Knot
- SARRR, 2015, Slow Pull Testing Basket Hitches clipped to Themselves
- superbenjaman, 2011, Prueba de rupture de equipo de escalada tirolesa cable tensor polea mosqueton (Slow pull tests of knotted webbing loops)