DOES TEMPERATURE

EFFECT ROPE?
CONWAY 6.6 ENG M&M

QUESTION
Does temperature effect the tensile strength of rope?

ABSTRACT
The problem for my project is does temperature affect the tensile strength of a
rope if so how? The point of my project is to test whether temperature can or
will affect the tensile strength of a rope and if i were to ever use rope in my life
in a dire situation I would have knowledge about rope. If I heat up a piece of
rope until a steaming point then the rope will be stronger because it will change
the density and the heat will cause the rope to fuse the fibers together just a
little to make it stronger. To test my ropes I built an apparatus that allows me to
pull my rope until it breaks.Thats when I would look at the final amount that it
lasted up to in pounds then change it too kilograms, I would then repeat the
project 3 times each fro the 4 different types of rope. The results were from
strongest to weakest, heated rope, wet room temperature, cold rope, then dry
room temperature rope, So my hypothesis was proven correct.

HYPOTHESIS
If I heat up a piece of rope until a steaming point then the rope will be
stronger because it will change the density and the heat will cause the rope
to fuse the fibers together just a little to make it stronger.

MATERIALS
Pressure treated wood- 4x4x8 (2) & 2x4x8 (2)
Simson strong tie Brackets (4)
2 1/2 in. Screw (70)
Eye Bolts 3/4x2 1/2 (2)
Towing crank
Drill bit 3/8 & 3/4
Bolt (3)
Nuts (3)
Circular saw
Drill
Stanley National Quick link 1760lb 5/16"(1)
Hand saw
Weight scale

PROCEDURES
*Extra grab 3 bowls and put water in each , cut 24 inches of rope(12) and put 3 in each. The 3 left
over should be left to the side, put one in the freezer, one in the micro wave and one on the side
1. Buy All needed materials
2. Grab the wood and place on floor
3. Grab the two 4x4x8s
4. Cut 2ft off both using the circular saw there might be a little that didnt get cut use the hand saw to
cut it, now you should have 4x4x6(2) and 4x4x2(2)
5. Leave those to the side
6. Grab the two 2x4x8
7. Cut 4 pieces that are 23 1/2 in.
8.you should have two pieces that are 27 3/4 in.
9. Back to 23 1/2 pieces, chose a bottom for each piece
10. Cut a 45 degree angle from one of the two corners, at the bottom, for each piece of wood
11. At the top same side corner cut straight down from that corner for each of the 4 pieces of wood
12. Put the Brackets on at the end of the 4x4x6(2)
13. Grab a drill
14 Make sure you have your screws(70)

16. Grab the 2 ft. pieces of wood and place it in the top part of the brackets and screw them in, both on top and on the bottom
17. Lay the base on its side and place the 27 3/4 in piece of wood on the side up, make a point in the middle and two top left
and right and two bottom left and right so its going to be an X pretty much
18. Make sure it is centered on the wood then drill, do that again but on the other side
19. Now you can grab the pieces of wood that you cut at an angle on
20. Put the 45 degree angle on the 27 3/4 in piece of wood and place the other end on the side of the base of the apparatus
then drill to the base
21. There should be 2 screw that have been drilled to the base on eon the top and one below, after that you are going to drill
the 45 degree end to the 27 3/4 piece do that to the other side as well
22. Now grab the 2 eye bolts and measure have way on the 2ft piece on the bottom and top
23. From the end of the 6ft piece of wood measure up to 30 in then mark it, the bottom the towing crank is going to be there
24. Mark where each bolt needs to go for the crank, then using the drill and the 3/8 drill bit make the holes for each and then
grab the 3/4 drill bit and make a little indent inward so the nut can keep the bolts secure
25. put the two quick link on the eye bolts, the quick link on the bottom will have the cranks line going through it. The top
quick link is going to have the scale hanging off it
26. grab the dry pieces of rope and tie a loop on both ends and place it on the scale and the hook from the crank, then start
to crank do this for each piece of rope and make sure to look at the scale for the final weight it is the same for the wet room
temperature rope, do 3 times for each
27. before heating up the rope in the micro wave tie the loops into them then put them back in there for 2 -3 minutes be
careful when taking the rope out of there because the water is very hot. Then you are going to put the rope on the hook for
the crank and the scale repeat this 3 times for each trial
28.Now you are going to take the freezing rope and let it thaw until most of it is out of the ice bowl, then like the rest of the
rope you are going to put a loop at each end and test them on the apparatus, make sure you were writing each piece of data
you got because after you got all that you are going to change the pounds into kilograms then you are going to average them

VARIABLES
Independent Variable- Type of rope
Dependent Variable- The point at which the rope breaks
Controlled variable- The temperature of the rope

Results: Breaking points

Wet Heated

Frozen

Wet Room
Temperature

Dry Room
Temperature

4.13 Kg

4.45 Kg

4.35 Kg

3.76 Kg

4.13 Kg

3.68 Kg

3.70 Kg

4.04 Kg

3.99 Kg

3.28 Kg

3.23 Kg

3.72 Kg

9.59 Kg

9.21 Kg

9.13 Kg

9.04 Kg

Trial 1

Trial 2

Trial 3

Averages

Picture Of Apparatus

BAR GRAPH: BREAKING POINTS

Weight set on rope

(Kg)

10

Wet Heated

Frozen
Wet Room Dry Room
Temperature Temperature

efs

6
9.59
4

9.21

9.13

9.04

CONCLUSION

The strongest pieces of rope out of the four (wet heated, frozen, wet room
temperature, and dry room temperature) was the wet heated rope followed
by the wet room temperature. The weakest was the unchanged piece of
rope, dry room temperature. It seems that the pieces of rope that were
placed in water were stronger. The reasoning behind this is possibly that
the water made the rope much denser allowing it to with stand much more
pressure. Based on the data my hypothesis was supported on how the wet
heated rope was going to be the strongest.