Analysis Overview

This page demonstrates key points of using the analyses within the tools. These analyses fall into several categories:

• [Mechanical Analyses](https://github.com/nasa-jpl/TetherCAD/wiki/Mechanical-Analyses
• Electrical Analyses
• Communication Analyses
• Power Analyses
• Spooling Analyses

The geometry-informed characteristics are included into the RoundTetherDesign object, since they directly rely on the tether's construction to be calculated. It consists of the mass estimation/breakdown, estimation of yield strength bounds, and rules of thumb used to estimate the tether's minimum bend radius.

The other analyses take a RoundTetherDesign object and some additional information as an input and informs on the operation of the tether design in terms of its electrical/comms characteristics, power transmission ability, and spooling estimations.