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On stability problems of the space elevator
Author(s) -
Schwarzbart M.,
Steindl A.,
Troger H.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
pamm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1617-7061
DOI - 10.1002/pamm.200701033
Subject(s) - elevator , physics , space (punctuation) , stability (learning theory) , massless particle , angular momentum , classical mechanics , satellite , simple (philosophy) , aerospace engineering , computer science , engineering , astronomy , mathematical physics , philosophy , epistemology , machine learning , operating system
A long dumb‐bell satellite in the radial configuration represents a simple model of a Space Elevator. The dumb‐bell moves with the angular velocity of the planet, but not relative to it. To calculate the stability of such a relative equilibrium we used the reduced energy‐momentum method. We considered dumb‐bell satellite models with rigid and elastic, but massless, rods. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)