New Technological Approach to Cable Car Boarding

Sergej Težak and Marjan Lep
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Sergej Težak: Department of Transportation Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Architecture, University of Maribor; Smetanova 17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
Marjan Lep: Department of Transportation Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Architecture, University of Maribor; Smetanova 17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 15, 1-11

Abstract: This paper will present a new concept of cable cars with central entry and exit. First, existing systems of cable cars and their properties will be presented and advantages of the new concept will be explained. The new concept utilizes solution geometry as the basis of the idea. 3D computer graphic tools were used for the design. In the second part of the article, the geometric procedure of the design of the rope flow curve in the station is presented. This is necessary in order to stop the cabin steadily in the central position. If the station is designed in such a way that passengers enter and exit on a stationary platform separate from the device, the capacities of the device can be large. In this case, passengers entering and exiting do not interfere with the other passengers who are traveling with the cable car on the line.

Keywords: cable cars; cableways; gondolas; geometric modeling; computer graphics; descriptive geometry; capacity; boarding (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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