I have no math and I must scream

[kinzel]

I'm looking for an idea of what kind of rotation I'd need on a drum with a diameter of about 6 meters to give an object/person on the inside of the drum the feeling of 1/10, 1/3, 1/2, 3/4, 1, and 1.5 g ... is that too hard? Alas, I have no math and I must scream. Said drim to be in a spaceship in orbit, if you care.

Comments

[kinzel.livejournal.com]

Is there a reason one must stand? Suppose one was, instead, using the "bottom" of the cylinder as a bunk?

Flat Bunk?

[stick-breaker.livejournal.com]

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.

Re: Flat Bunk?

[keristor.livejournal.com]

Alternatively, lie along the axis of the cylinder instead of across it and then you won't get a bent back. But you would still get the Coriolis effects if you lifted your head which would be rather disconcerting if not nauseating. Less effect with lower acceleration, of course, probably not noticable much below 1/3G.

Re: Flat Bunk?

[kinzel.livejournal.com]

P.s. since I have already paid for the New Yule book, do I really have to wait for Christmas to get it? ;)

Ummm ... yes. Neither of the stories is finished.