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I am on the hunt for research on failure analysis of climbing equipment. A good example of a resource is the Black Diamond QC lab. What other sources are out there?

The How Not To Highline / Boltbusters youtube channel has a lot of stuff being broken. Petzl‘s tech tips include some tests of fall forces etc

https://m.petzl.com/GB/en/Sport/Activities

Try Lyon Equipment. They have a test rig so they might have some data, or they might be able to point you in the right direction.

Rope Test Lab has quite a lot of tests on it. Most of the in depth stuff is in the members section (small fee) but some results also in the free articles. https://www.ropelab.com.au

DMM also has a youtube with some fun gear breaking videos

Before my son's company moved premises he took me into his works one Saturday morning to show me his pride and joy, a 100 year old monster called the Joshua Buckton 200 ton Universal Testing Machine.

He then loaded a M48 bolt  ( about 4.8 kg)  into it and cranked up the pressure till it snapped. It went with a bang. Luckily he had forewarned me to watch the needle on the dial so I knew more or less when it would go.

I still have it in my garage, glued back together, and use it for the occasional arm curl session.

Unfortunately the big machine was so out of tune with the firm's 21st century image, and so big that no industrial museum could accept it, so that it ended up as scrap metal.