Studies on the locus of loading points and the rope length of aerial cable way when the rope is fixed at one end and stretched at another end by a counter-weight

Abstract

The rope length changes according to the movement of load, when the tension is kept constant. It is necessary for the design of aerial cable way to know this hange. If a parameter is assumed suitably, the rope length can be calculated by the equations (A) or (B), (I), (II), and (Y).
Notice 1 1_Q=^Q/_q Q: load q: weight of the rope per unit length.
2 the notations for length are represented as ratios to the span.