Abrasion - Surface wear on the wires of a wire rope Acceleration Stress - Additional stress imposed on a wire rope due to increasing the velocity of the load Aircraft Cables - Strands, cords and wire ropes made of special strength wire primarily for aircraft controls and miscellaneous uses of Aircraft Industry Alternate Lay - Lay of a wire rope in which the strands are alternately regular and Lang Lay Area, Metallic - Sum of the cross-sectional areas of individual wires in a wire rope or strand Armored Rope - Rope with individual strands spirally wrapped with flat steel wire Back-Stay - Guy used to support a boom or mast: or that section of a main cable, as on a suspension bridge, cable-way, etc., leading from the tower to the anchorage Bending Stress - Stress imposed on wires of a wire rope by bending Breaking Strength (wire rope) - The measured load required to break a wire rope in tension Breaking Strength (aggregate wire) - The sum of the breaking strength in tension of all the wires of a wire rope when the wires are tested individually Bridle Sling - A two-part wire rope sling attached to a single part line. The legs of the sling are spread to divide and equalize the load Bright Rope - Wire rope made of wires that are not coated with zinc, tin, or any other protective metal   Button Conveyor Rope - Wire ropes to which buttons or discs are attached at regular intervals to move material in a trough Bronze Ropes - Wire rope made of bronze wires