Coriolis force?

Just been reading about the coriolis force produced, and how big a
space ships spinning wheel has to be to get 1g.

If you were in a spacecraft designed with a wheel 1,500' in
diameter-plus a second one going the other way to negate the toque
[think of the shape of the ship in the movie 'Red Planet]- spinning at
1 - 2 rpm so it is a comfortable 1 g where you are, would it feel like
you were here on Earth i.e. you would feel nothing of the g forces?

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Christopher

Christopher wrote:
Just been reading about the coriolis force produced, and how big a
space ships spinning wheel has to be to get 1g.

If you were in a spacecraft designed with a wheel 1,500' in
diameter-plus a second one going the other way to negate the toque
[think of the shape of the ship in the movie 'Red Planet]- spinning at
1 - 2 rpm so it is a comfortable 1 g where you are, would it feel like
you were here on Earth i.e. you would feel nothing of the g forces?

--

Christopher

....and would it affect the direction the water swirled when it went
down the space station toilet?

;-)

Rusty

On 18 Dec 2005 10:18:18 -0800, "Rusty"
wrote:


Christopher wrote:
Just been reading about the coriolis force produced, and how big a
space ships spinning wheel has to be to get 1g.

If you were in a spacecraft designed with a wheel 1,500' in
diameter-plus a second one going the other way to negate the toque
[think of the shape of the ship in the movie 'Red Planet]- spinning at
1 - 2 rpm so it is a comfortable 1 g where you are, would it feel like
you were here on Earth i.e. you would feel nothing of the g forces?

--

Christopher

...and would it affect the direction the water swirled when it went
down the space station toilet?

;-)

Well so long as the water, and it's...content went down to pan like
here in Earth's 1g it wouldn't bother me at all which 'direction' it
went. ;-)



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Christopher

...would it feel like
you were here on Earth i.e. you would feel nothing of the g forces?

The question seems to assume something which is not the case. Here on
Earth, I definitely feel the force of gravity pulling me to the chair.

Coriolis forces in a 1-2 RPM spinning habitat would likely be noticable,
epecially if you were to try tossing something back and forth between
two people. Or if you wanted to play table tennis. It's also possible
that you'd be able to feel the odd effect if you were to stand up
quickly.

On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 21:24:58 GMT, Alan Anderson
wrote:

...would it feel like
you were here on Earth i.e. you would feel nothing of the g forces?

The question seems to assume something which is not the case. Here on
Earth, I definitely feel the force of gravity pulling me to the chair.

Coriolis forces in a 1-2 RPM spinning habitat would likely be noticable,
epecially if you were to try tossing something back and forth between
two people. Or if you wanted to play table tennis. It's also possible
that you'd be able to feel the odd effect if you were to stand up
quickly.

Interesting. On the web pages was an illustration of a space station 1
mile across, and spinning at 1 rpm, to produce 1g with a small housing
estate. But for the sake of the thread, I assume a space craft with a
habitat ring(s)-the second one going the other way could house plants
to provide oxygen-of 1,500' slowly turning at 1 - 2 rpm would be
sufficient for the ships complements bodies to remain healthy for the
duration of the voyage? I assume a complement of 30 or more could be
housed with room to spare for eating and trans voyage entertainment.




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Christopher