Application of Internal Friction Damping as a Nondestructive Evaluation Technique for Wire Rope

This paper discusses the technical feasibility of applying internal friction damping (IFD) as a nondestructive evaluation (NDE) technique to wire rope. The paper addresses the technical feasibility, laboratory testing on wire rope, and the associated test results on various samples of wire rope. These tests were evaluated in a series of laboratory experiments by measuring the internal friction damping during which several test parameters were changed. The test parameters including the tensile load, frequency of test load, exposure time of rope to load and variations in rope construction are discussed from the standpoint of IFD-NDE measurements.