(06-13-2015, 04:24 PM)nOmnomnOm Wrote: You got me confused.... but let me clarify a little what I am trying to do here.
I am making a model of a base i wana design that has parts of it that turn. The parts that turn are circular in shape where the people would live inside the outer circle. This is done in space and im reducing friction to minimal using magnets and all that jazz.
So to make an artificial gravity i need 9.81 for horse.
The velocity is what I am trying to imagine.... how fast is too fast for a person???
The mass will be decided once i figure out the radius.... but i think i have 2 unknowns so far....
But here is the issue though... do i have to use the mass of the WHOLE wheel or can I use mass per meter squared? That would be way more simple to do for me to figure things out.
Ah, right, got it; that's a bit more complicated, but you could indeed just check on a point of the wheel to find the acceleration there, as you suggested below. You don't even need to multiply by a mass in the first place if you just want to find the acceleration at some radius and rotational speed; a = (v^2)/r.
Hold on so the acceleration is the downward "gravity" like force, correct?
Ill put that as 9.81...
and then I assume a speed that I want and play with it.... and I'll get the desired Radius needed? Is that how it works?
