On Sun, Jul 06, 2003 at 07:36:53PM -0400, David Hobby wrote: > The formula above seems to be assuming that pressure at the axis > is zero, which is unrealistic.
Actually, having a pressure near 1 atmosphere at the center is unrealistic. There is nothing to provide such a pressure. The pressure should be very low at the center. It won't be exactly zero, but the formula I gave is just an approximation. > At a guess, I would say that the air pressure throughout the habitat > will be pretty much the same. And it will be at whatever value the > habitat is PRESSURIZED to. Bad guess. There will be a pressure gradient from the center to the edge. The question specified it was pressurized to about 1 atmosphere at the rim. The pressure falls off from there as you move towards the center. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
