terminology

this is a reply to Doug in rec.crafts.knots (Doug wrote about
"Terminology" on 2004-05-31 06:42:08 PST )
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Hi Doug,

Richard M Chisholm has tried to define these things in:
http://www.allaboutknots.com/
(and has made things clear to me)

the terminology suggestion for ´withstanding unraveling without load´
is: stability
that is: the ability to keep shape under abnormal load/ circumstances
(yank, intermittend load, snagged tail, ring loading a loop etc)

distinct from: strength
the resistance to breaking under excessive load
(Richard Chisholm has an explanation for breakage at the knot, just
outside the knot)

and he points out the difference between stability and security
(security: the prevention of slipping under normal load )

knotting standard to find,

Ben

"ben" wrote in message
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Richard M Chisholm has tried to define these things in:
http://www.allaboutknots.com/
(and has made things clear to me)
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Ben

Thanks Ben, I read this also and found it very helpfull. However I hadn't
seen these terms in formal use before and thought it might have been "The
Chisholm Classification" rather than a more widely used Classification. I
have also seen the term "Knot Slacking" used to describe the phenomenon but
again only by one or two people.