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What exactly does it look like when a rope with different terminations is stretched until it breaks?
Two basic types of terminals were used in the test:
1) Loops around a smooth small diameter log.
2) Thimble with Fist-Grip, knots and securing Bull-Dog Grip.
When testing the strength of the rope in the laboratory, either the rope is wrapped with several turns around a large diameter cylinder or the rope is fixed in special jaws (where the fibres in the rope barely bend at all).