You've been called in to investigate a construction accident in which the cable broke while a crane was lifting a 4500 containerThe steel cable is 2.0 in diameter and has a safety rating of 50000 The crane is designed not to exceed speeds of 3.0 or accelerations of 1.0 , and your tests find that the crane is not defective.What is your conclusion? Did the crane operator recklessly lift too heavy a load? Or was the cable defective?
neither is likely, but I would investigate the failure modes of the cable.
neither is likely, but I would investigate the failure modes of the cable.
