Submitted by Gari_305 t3_zq32pe in Futurology
celticxcross t1_j1v1s9t wrote
Reply to comment by ItsnotsmallguysWtf in Humans could one day live in Manhattan-sized asteroid megacities by Gari_305
Approximately 1,000 km (620 mi) in radius (6,283.2 km circumference) and 500 km (310 mi) in width, containing 3 million square kilometers (1.2 million square miles) of living space, comparable to the area of Argentina or India.
To create 1 g equivalent centripetal acceleration (9.806 m/s^2) a 1,000 km (1,000,000 m) radius needs to spin at 3,131.45 m/sec.
https://physicscatalyst.com/calculators/physics/centripetal-acceleration-calculator.php
Equal to about one revolution per 2,000 sec (33.44 per minute) - or 0.03 rpm - or 0.003142 rad/sec.
https://www.inchcalculator.com/convert/revolution-per-minute-to-radian-per-second/
Depending on the assumptions for thickness you can calculate stress in the habitat's 10 m thick circular walls. Use 1,750 kg/m^3 for density of habitat circular walls:
https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/stress-rotation-disc-ring-body-d_1752.html
Assuming no bone headed math mistake, I get a tensile strain of 5,817 kg/m^2
Carbon fiber has a tensile strength of 3.5 GPa
ItsnotsmallguysWtf t1_j1v42e4 wrote
I guess the only thing stopping us from building something like that is cost.
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