UFC 4-159-03
3 October 2005
Table 6-8. Double Braided Nylon Line*
SINGLE LINE
THREE PARTS LINE
DIA.
CIR.
Av Fb
Av Fb
AE
AE
Av Fb Av Fb
AE
AE
(in)
(in)
(kips)
(E5 N)
(kips) (E5 N) (kips) (E5 N)
(kips)
(E5 N)
1.0
3
33.6
1.495
118.9 5.29
100.8 4.48
356.8
15.87
1.1
3.5
45
2.002
159.3 7.09
135
6.01
477.9
21.26
1.2
3.75
52
2.313
184.1 8.19
156
6.94
552.2
24.56
1.3
4
59
2.624
208.8 9.29
177
7.87
626.5
27.87
1.4
4.5
74
3.292
261.9 11.65 222
9.88
785.8
34.96
1.6
5
91
4.048
322.1 14.33 273
12.14
966.4
42.99
1.8
5.5
110
4.893
417.0 17.32 330
14.68
1168.1
51.96
1.9
6
131
5.827
463.7 20.63 393
17.48
1391.2
61.88
2.1
6.5
153
6.806
541.6 24.09 459
20.42
1624.8
72.27
2.2
7
177
7.873
626.5 27.87 531
23.62
1879.6
83.61
2.4
7.5
202
8.985
715.0 31.81 606
26.96
2145.1
95.42
2.5
8
230
10.231
814.2 36.22 690
30.69
2442.5
108.65
2.7
8.5
257
11.432
909.7 40.47 771
34.30
2729.2
121.40
2.9
9
285
12.677
1008.8 44.88 855
38.03
3026.5
134.63
3.2
10
322
14.323
1139.8 50.70 966
42.97
3419.5
152.11
3.5
11
384
17.081
1359.3 60.46 1152 51.24
4077.9
181.39
3.8
12
451
20.061
1596.5 71.01 1353 60.18
4789.4
213.04
4.1
13
523
23.264
1851.3 82.35 1569 69.79
5554.0
247.05
4.5
14
599
26.645
2120.4 94.32 1797 79.93
6361.1
282.95
4.8
15
680
30.248
2407.1 107.07 2040 90.74
7221.2
321.22
*After Sampson, dry, cyclic loading; reduce nylon lines by 15% for wet conditions
Note: Dia. = diameter, Cir. = circumference, Av Fb = average break strength,
AE = cross-sectional area times modulus of elasticity (this does not include the highly
nonlinear properties of nylon, shown in Figure 6-2)
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