<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><table-reference graph="None" id="_85a2140f-a0c3-4f11-af41-939e7a651ff3"><num>11.3.6c</num><title id="_957be8db-60cb-4618-a193-4f65e4c64372">Continuous wire barrier construction—Minimum required tension (N) for vertical or near-vertical stainless steel wires where the maximum clear spacing between the rails is 900mm</title><table id="_5c97a965-1086-4cb3-9649-edfc0aeeb4bd" keycol="1"><tgroup cols="4"><colspec colname="001" colnum="1" colwidth="108.00*"/><colspec colname="002" colnum="2" colwidth="107.95*"/><colspec colname="003" colnum="3" colwidth="108.00*"/><colspec colname="004" colnum="4" colwidth="108.05*"/><thead><row><entry>Wire dia. (mm)</entry><entry>Lay</entry><entry>Wire spacing (mm)</entry><entry>Required tension in Newtons (N)</entry></row></thead><tbody><row><entry morerows="2">2.5</entry><entry morerows="2">7 x 19</entry><entry>80</entry><entry>145</entry></row><row><entry>100</entry><entry>310</entry></row><row><entry>110</entry><entry>610</entry></row><row><entry morerows="2">2.5</entry><entry morerows="2">7 x 7</entry><entry>80</entry><entry>130</entry></row><row><entry>100</entry><entry>280</entry></row><row><entry>110</entry><entry>500</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table><desc-note id="_154b5677-4ec8-4cc7-bfc0-30fed79ca0f5"><ol outputclass="numbered"><li>Lay = number of strands by the number of individual wires in each strand. For example a lay of 7 x 19 consists of 7 strands with 19 individual wires in each strand.</li><li>Vertical wires must have two pulley blocks to each 180 degree change of direction in the wire.</li><li>Near vertical wires may only <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1432_4.0.0.xml#_af6fde9f-147d-4782-8b85-42044e80fd42" id="_6f95a0a0-c30c-45ba-9be8-9463a93f2e65" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">require</xref> one pulley block for each change of direction.</li><li>Wire tension measured with a strain indicator.</li><li>The table only includes 7 x 7 and 7 x 19 wires due to other wires not having sufficient flexibility to make the necessary turns.</li></ol></desc-note></table-reference>