Simulation

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Simulation and Engineering Software

One can simulate the design and operation of a space elevtor in software to an arbitrary degree, down to the atom where necessary such as the ribbon.

Models

There are many models one could improve:

• Make climber more realistic, using data from commercial parts
• Simulating the deployment and operation
• Improving model for the station at GEO
• Designing ships deployed from GEO to send cargo and people to Mars
• Modeling SE climbers for humans rather than just cargo
• Creating a luxurious Mars and moon colony. What can you do for $10/pound?

Spreadsheets

Just think how many places a spreadsheet cost calculator must go to come up with a "final" number! Spreadsheets get very cool when you start to combine the data from various pieces together. Every separate spreadsheet is a locked up silo of information, unless it is linking to other ones. We have 16 spreadsheets in our archives already.

Complete list:

• http://spaceelevatorwiki.com/wiki/index.php/Special:Imagelist?limit=500&ilsearch=ods&title=Special%3AImagelist

Some available spreadsheets:

• File:Energy worksht.ods
• File:Cable worksheet.ods
• File:Off-Equator Cable.ods
• File:Length Vs Climbers.ods

Additional spreadsheets available in the archive require cleaning

• File:Climber mass.ods
• File:SEMassTaper.ods
• File:Interplanetary+Orbits.ods
• File:E&S Orbit.ods
• File:Deployment Mass Calcs New.ods
• File:Climber Number.ods
• File:Climber Mass.ods
• File:Asteroid.ods
• File:Angular Momentum New.ods

Collada

Where possible, free software and formats will be used to make it easy for someone interested to contribute.

Blender

Blender is the Ferrari of 3-D graphics packages. Is extremely powerful, has a huge community, has physics simulation capabilities built in and supports Collada.

Feature list: http://www.blender.org/features-gallery/features/

Gallery of pretty pictures: http://www.blender.org/features-gallery/gallery/art-gallery/

Online Manual TOC: http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Manual

Complete Tutorial: [1]

UI Intro: [2]

Various tutorials: [3]

Wikibook: [4]

Finite Element Analysis

A full set of Python-based scientific libraries: http://scipy.org/

Other Python software for science and engineering: http://www.scipy.org/Topical_Software

It is recommended to use Python for scientific research.

Other Software

NASA's free code: http://opensource.arc.nasa.gov/