anchor cable


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anchor cable

In air transport, a cable in an aircraft to which the parachute static lines or strops are attached.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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The NHTSA has since received around four complaints of anchor cable failure 'with no warning' in vehicles that were already brought in for the recall fix.
For the PTCL, the anchor cable is tensioned and anchored in the anchorage slot.
The 42-year-old was thrown off his dinghy when the tide ripped the anchor cable off as he was trying to tie it up.
If the anchor cable would not part, the mine and the paravane would be brought together and the mine would explode harmlessly against the paravane.
Zhou, "Rock high slope of a beam of prestressed anchor cable frame internal force calculation," Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, vol.
The balloon caught fire after anchor cable severed a fuel pipe as Egyptian pilot Mohmin Murad tried to land.
My heartfelt condolences go out to other families that lost relatives." The balloon caught fire after an anchor cable severed a fuel pipe as Egyptian pilot Mohmid Murad tried to land in Luxor.
Here [L.sub.a] is the length of the anchor cable and [alpha] is the angle of inclination of the anchor cable (see Fig.
"Later in the day a big storm broke along the coast that snapped our anchor cable like cotton," he said.
How depressing that only three women anchor cable news programs in prime time.