Determination of optimal parameters of freight aerial ropeway for various design capacity

The article developed a method for the optimal design of a single-cable freight ropeway, which reduces the cost of its construction. It is shown that the main influence on the cost of the ropeway is exerted by the step of location and height of the intermediate supports, the tension force of load-carrying ropes. The problem of conditional non-linear optimization of these factors is formulated and solved, which ensures the minimum cost of the ropeway with various design capacities up to 600 t/h. Based on the analysis of the results of the performed calculations, regularities of changing the optimal parameters of the intermediate supports and load-carrying ropes with a change in the design capacity of the ropeway are revealed.