Flat is relative. if you are in the barrel, a piece of material forming a chord is not flat. The acceleration at the edges is higher than at the middle, therefor the "flat" bunk is actually slopped. if you tried to sleep on it you would slide down hill where the bunk intersected the surface of the cylinder. to actually rest you would want a bunk whose curve was equal to the curvature of the circle at the specific radius. "Flat" would be described as have the same acceleration over the surface.
Stickbreaker.
P.s. since I have already paid for the New Yule book, do I really have to wait for Christmas to get it? ;) This addiction to good story telling is killing me. I can barely survive between my weekly fixes.
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Flat Bunk?
2008-09-07 03:41 (UTC)Stickbreaker.
P.s. since I have already paid for the New Yule book, do I really have to wait for Christmas to get it? ;) This addiction to good story telling is killing me. I can barely survive between my weekly fixes.