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qtm


Apr 26, 2010, 2:06 PM

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Re: [shu2kill] online force calculator
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shu2kill wrote:
hey. i found this online calculator

http://www.myoan.net/climbart/climbforcecal.html

but i think its mistaken. if i simulate a fall with a 80 kg climber, that falls 1.5 meters for a factor 2 fall with dinamic rope, i get a shock of 9 kN on the climber.

then i change the 1.5 meters for 15 meters and i get the same 9 kN. this doesnt sounds right, since obviously if the lenght of the fall increases, the speed increases, right??

so does anyone knows of a good, accurate calculator??

thanx!!

You're right, that one doesn't work right. I couldn't find any other, so I wrote one myself but it's not online. Jay wrote one that was much prettier than mine, don't know if he put it online.

It's relatively easy to do with an excel spreadsheet. I'll look around to see if I can find it.

OK, here's the formula.
COL A = Rope KN
COL B = Fall Factor
COL C = Weight in LB
COL D = KN on climber

=(C2 * 0.4536 * 0.0098) + SQRT((C2 * 0.4536 * 0.0098)^2 + (((A2*(A2-1.568))/1.396)*(C2 * 0.4536 * 0.0098)*B2))

You have to manually calculate the FF.


(This post was edited by qtm on Apr 26, 2010, 2:19 PM)



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