Inclined Sections

The inclines are the regions of the loop where the rotor rises from the surface to 80km launch altitude.

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parameter

bottom value

top value

units

horizontal distance

0

311.9

kilometers

vertical distance

0

80

kilometers

incline sheath mass

10

10

kg/m

cable angle

38.85

-

degrees

cable offset

20.0

-

kilometers

cable support length

80.0

80

kilometers

incline slope

0.3640

0.1400

vert/horiz

incline angle

20.00

8.01

degrees

deflection force

205,016

82,093

kiloNewtons

deflection force vertical

201,902

81,893

kiloNewtons

deflection force horizontal

35,601

5,731

kiloNewtons

rotor mass density

2.9882

3.0000

kg/meter

rotor velocity

14,055

14,000

meter/sec

gravity

9.81

9.57

meter2/sec

cable force ratio gz

1.14

4.73

vert/horiz

cable axial force

-

27,701

kiloNewtons/rotor

station support force

-

54,792

kiloNewtons/rotor

station + elevator mass

-

5726

metric tons/rotor

main diagonal cable mass

-

2150

metric tons/rotor

incline cable mass

-

1280

metric tons/rotor

The forces and masses are per rotor pass. The rotor passes each station twice at altitude, eastbound and westbound, so the forces and masses double. For example, the station mass can be 11452 metric tons. The eastbound rotor passes above the westbound rotor by many hundreds of meters, so the main station support column will be at least that tall.

in01.png

source. gnuplot control file You will need http://gnuplot.info to make the plot, though you can output the data to other plotting packages.

Inclines (last edited 2017-01-24 19:11:33 by KeithLofstrom)