No abstract

The present study aims at building and calculating a global static model of a long-distance single span aerial tramway with non-symmetric tracks and anchored cables at extremities. From a design engineering point of view, aerial cable transport system is a complex structure involving several theoretical and practical issues due to diversity of phenomena at stake. Hence, appropriate framework is required to have relevant results according to the aim of the study. Influence of structural parameters modification occurring during system operation is analyzed by a static and quasistatic calculations. It provides information on parametric evolution through cable length unwound at drive bull-wheel as a previous step of dynamics study with a cable velocity. Hypotheses are discussed and modelling choices are confirmed by a comparison with experimental data measured on a real system.