Blaise Gassend

Implicit and Explicit Techniques for Space Elevator Simulation

The obvious way to simulate space elevator tether-climber dynamics is to discretize the tether using a mass-spring model, insert the climber into one of the springs, and simulate using an explicit solver. However, this approach either diverges or has unphysical disturbances when...

Implicit and Explicit Techniques for Space Elevator Simulation

The obvious way to simulate space elevator tether-climber dynamics is to discretize the tether using a mass-spring model, insert the climber into one of the springs, and simulate using an explicit solver. However, this approach either diverges or has unphysical disturbances when...