Highline Angle & Tension Calculations

For centered load

S= Span S= 100 Feet

S/2 = 1/2 Span S/2= 50 Feet
D = Droop or "Sag" D= 15 Feet
L= Rope length between anchors L= 104 Feet
L/2 = 1/2 Rope Length (Distance from anchor to load) L/2= 52 Feet
W = Weight of Load W= 450 Lbs
A1 = Angle of rope from horizontal A1= 16.5 Degrees
C1 = Angle at Load (Control Side) C1= 73.5 Degrees
T = Tension in the track line system T= 783 Lbs
T/2 = Tension in one of the two track line ropes T/2= 392 Lbs

Length of rope (L) = 2 X (Square Root of (S2 2 + D2))

Determining Tension on the Track Line

* T = (W x L)/(4 x D) this assumes the weight is centered on the spanT= 783 Lbs

When the weight is not centered on the span Sine (sin) of A1 = 0.287 = D/L2
use Sine to calculate tension sin x 2 = 0.57
(sin x 2) x 60 = 34.5 = Degrees
180 Degrees - (sin x 2) = 146

* T = (W/2)/(sin(A1)) T= 783 Lbs

Load = 2KN = 450 Lbs

CMRU Safety Factor = 10 x Load (20KN) = 4500 Lbs
 Span

For A1 For A2
(Control Side) (Static Side)
S= 100 S= 100 A1 Opposite (S/2)
Dist from A1 10 Feet Dist to A2 90 Feet
D= 15 Feet D= 15 Feet
L= 104 L= 104 Hypotenuse (L/2)
L/2= 18 Feet L/2= 91 Feet
W= 450 Lbs W= 450 Lbs
A1= 47.7 Degrees A2= 9.4 Degrees A1 B
C1= 42.3 Degrees C2= 80.6 Degrees
C= 123 Degrees C= 123 Degrees
T= 270 Lbs T= 1369 Lbs C1 C2

Average T = 820 Lbs A1

A2 = 0.832 = D/L2 A2 = 0.164 = D/L2

1.66 0.33
99.8 = Degrees 19.7 = Degrees
80 160

T= 270 Lbs T= 1369 Lbs

Span Adjacent = Droop or "Sag"
Hypotenuse = L/2
Opposite = S/2
Adjacent (Droop) A = Angle of rope from horizontal (At anchor point)
B A2 B = 90 Degrees
C = Angle at Load (Kootenay Carriage)
C1 = Angle @ load (Control side)
C C2 = Angle @ load (Static side)

A2

B A2

C
 Highline Angle & Tension Calculations
Assumes centered load
For A1 (for solid line triangle)

S= Span S= 100 feet

S/2 = 1/2 Span S/2= 50 feet
D = Droop or "Sag" D= 10 feet
L= Rope length between anchors L= 102 feet
L/2 = 1/2 Rope Length (Distance from anchor to load) L/2= 51 feet
W = Weight of Load W= 450 Lbs
A1 = Angle of rope from horizontal A1= 11 Degrees
C = Angle at Load C= 79 Degrees
T = Tension in the track line system T= 1147 Lbs
T/2 = Tension in one of the two track line ropes T/2= 574 Lbs

Length of rope (L) = Track Line Span + (2 x Droop) = 120 ???

Determining Tension on the Track Line

T = (W x L)/(4 x D) this assumes the weight is centered on the spanT= 1147 Lbs

when the weight is not centered on the span Sine (sin) of A1 = 0.196 = D/L2
sin x 2 = 0.39
(sin x 2) x 60 = 23.5 = Degrees
180 Degrees - (sin x 2) = 156

T = (W/2)/(sin(A1)) T= 1147 Lbs

Load = 2KN = 450 Lbs

CMRU Safety Factor = 10 x Load (20KN) = 4500 Lbs
 Span Adjacent = Droop or "Sag"
Hypotenuse = L/2
Opposite = S/2
Adjacent (Droop) A = Angle of rope from horizontal (At anchor p
A1 Opposite (S/2) B A2 B = 90 Degrees
C = Angle at Load (Kootenay Carriage)

Hypotenuse (L/2) C

A1 B A2

A1 B A2

C
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