Recent content by Wayland Bugg

thats just a pulley. the line let out of the winch isn't directly represented in that picture, but if you could think of the line payed out at the winch, it would pass over the pulley. in the last image I attached, you see the red line. with the load positioned all the way up, this length is...

im not sure this can be solved for in terms of line let out at the winch. is this a problem for dynamic geometric modeling software? does anyone have any experience using such tools that could suggest one with a shorter learning curve?

I thought you explained it fine. I may do some more on this but I attached some work to figure relevant coordinates based on initial position (p1) and initial angle (a) to n=3 terms for a rectangle 100Wx50H. This is my first whack at this and these are all unique terms so I don't think this is a...

Thank you for you response! I think that is closer than what I have gotten so far. At least it is another approach. I will work on seeing if this can be adapted to define the angle based only on the amount of line let out at the winch. I attached another approach I have thought about earlier

I'd like the angle so I can calculate the vertical and horizontal force components for any given position. If it helps, you could imagine a winch on the other side of the pulley.

You are right they are not at the same height or distance from the load. I misspoke when trying to articulate a visual. But a visual is all intended with that statement. If what I am trying to do were possible, one would only have to enter the vertical and horizontal distances from the center of...

I am trying to symbolically resolve the angle of rope that suspends a load (rectangle) between two pulleys given the length of rope that is let out over the pulleys. See attached image. the load is not intended to move horizontally, only vertically. so you can imagine each pulley must have an...