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They apparently tested spinning everyday objects up to 10,000g, which is great, but I wonder if they thought about bending moments induced when the thing is sud
by mlindner 6y ago
They apparently tested spinning everyday objects up to 10,000g, which is great, but I wonder if they thought about bending moments induced when the thing is suddenly released.
- marsokod 6y agoAnd the mechanical and thermal shocks it gets when it passes from the vacuum chamber to the atmosphere. IMHO the centrifuge part is the easiest of their challenges.
- clnhlzmn 6y agoThat's what seems to me to be the biggest challenge too. Going from vacuum to 1 atm at 4000 mph has got to be quite a shock. Might as well just smash the thing into a wall.
- joezydeco 6y agoAnd what is the inrush airspeed when you have that large of a vacuum? Zero to Mach 5 or 6 just seems like an instantaneous disassembly manuever, both for the craft and the centrifuge itself. Did they find a way to suppress a sonic boom at the exit point?