If the overload has been applied steadily the individual wires usually part first, then the strands will part one by one and the two ends of the parted hawser will usually 'lie dead'.
Ukuba kuthe kwasetyenziswa umthwalo ogqithisileyo iingcingo ezizimeleyo zithi zahlukane kuqala, emva koko iintsinga zithi ziwe nganye nganye kwaye zona iziphelo zezi ntambo ziye 'zife'.