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This is not actually homework, I'm just trying to calculate the speeds/forces needed to create 9,81 m/s2 artificial gravity (outward) within a rotating barrel in space.
I read on the internet that a space station would require a diameter of 224m and an angular speed of 2 rev/min = 0,21 RAD/s to create an equal to Earth gravity. According to my calculations I think one would need exactly double that, so a radius of 224m. I've assumed a man weighing 70kg is standing in the space station and I want to calculate the acceleration he feels (to see if its equal to 9,81m/s2)
Tangential velocity Vt=r•ω
Centrifugal force F= ω2•r•m
Centrifugal acceleration a = F/m
Centripetal force F=m•(v2/r)
Vt=r•ω=224•0,21=47 m/s
Centrifugal force F= ω2•r•m=0,212•224•70=691,5 N
a=F/m=691,5/70=9,88 m/s2
Centripetal force F=m•(v2/r)=70•(472/224)=690,3 N
1. Are my calculations correct?
2. The centrifugal force is (almost) equal to the centripetal force, does this mean he will stay in place even if he's upside down in the barrel (meaning the artificial gravity works)? 'he is in balance'.
3. What happens if he jumps? Will he have a new 'balance location' in the barrel space since the forces are in balance or will he return to the wall of the barrel (the way gravity works)?
4. In the calculations I didn't take the weight of barrel itself into consideration, is it relevant to do so and if so, how do I go about adding that?
5. Also, how do I go about calculating the power of the engine needed to turn this thing around at 2 rev/min with X amount of total weight, I assume the thing must be crazy powerful.
6. Also, are there any other relevant velocities/accelerations/forces I could calculate?
Homework Statement
I read on the internet that a space station would require a diameter of 224m and an angular speed of 2 rev/min = 0,21 RAD/s to create an equal to Earth gravity. According to my calculations I think one would need exactly double that, so a radius of 224m. I've assumed a man weighing 70kg is standing in the space station and I want to calculate the acceleration he feels (to see if its equal to 9,81m/s2)
Homework Equations
Tangential velocity Vt=r•ω
Centrifugal force F= ω2•r•m
Centrifugal acceleration a = F/m
Centripetal force F=m•(v2/r)
The Attempt at a Solution
Vt=r•ω=224•0,21=47 m/s
Centrifugal force F= ω2•r•m=0,212•224•70=691,5 N
a=F/m=691,5/70=9,88 m/s2
Centripetal force F=m•(v2/r)=70•(472/224)=690,3 N
1. Are my calculations correct?
2. The centrifugal force is (almost) equal to the centripetal force, does this mean he will stay in place even if he's upside down in the barrel (meaning the artificial gravity works)? 'he is in balance'.
3. What happens if he jumps? Will he have a new 'balance location' in the barrel space since the forces are in balance or will he return to the wall of the barrel (the way gravity works)?
4. In the calculations I didn't take the weight of barrel itself into consideration, is it relevant to do so and if so, how do I go about adding that?
5. Also, how do I go about calculating the power of the engine needed to turn this thing around at 2 rev/min with X amount of total weight, I assume the thing must be crazy powerful.
6. Also, are there any other relevant velocities/accelerations/forces I could calculate?
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