| Issue |
EPL
Volume 86, Number 3, May 2009
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|---|---|---|
| Article Number | 34001 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Electromagnetism, Optics, Acoustics, Heat Transfer, Classical Mechanics, and Fluid Dynamics | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/86/34001 | |
| Published online | 07 May 2009 | |
Classical and statistical mechanics of celestial-scale spinning strings: Rotating space elevators
Physics Department, West Virginia University - Morgantown, WV 26506-6315, USA
Corresponding author: lgolubovic@yahoo.com
Received:
27
December
2008
Accepted:
8
April
2009
We introduce novel and unique class of dynamical systems, Rotating Space Elevators (RSE). The RSEs are multiply rotating systems of strings reaching into outer space. Objects sliding along RSE strings do not require internal engines or propulsion to be transported from the Earth's surface into outer space. The RSEs exhibit interesting nonlinear dynamics and statistical physics phenomena.
PACS: 46.70.Hg – Membranes, rods, and strings / 05.70.Ln – Non-equilibrium and irreversible thermodynamics / 05.45.-a – Nonlinear dynamics and chaos
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