Three-Dimensional High-Fidelity Dynamic Modeling of Tether Transportation System with Multiple Climbers

What is it about?

We present a high-fidelity model to show the first time realistically the dynamic characteristics of a partial space elevator with multiple climbers doing payload transfer simultaneously. The results show that the elastic-flexible tether model is able to capture the high frequency oscillation of the partial space elevator. The oscillation could have adverse effect on the safe operation of the partial space elevator, especially in causing the fatigue failure of tether, and must be considered.

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