03-02-2015, 05:39 PM
(03-02-2015, 05:23 PM)Highland Laddie Wrote: [ -> ]well I am assuming that becasue i wana make it realistic. :/... except for gravity generators(03-02-2015, 03:00 PM)nOmnomnOm Wrote: [ -> ]Precisely...localized gravitational focus. If you have gravitational generators, why not be able to customize them per building/room/location that you choose? Thus, on a structure like a biodome, you could have basically just enough gravity to ensure that the water is absorbed properly into the plant root systems, whereas in other areas where there is more structural support, you could have higher gravity (like a base bar with people who don't want to float everywhere).
Ah I see what you did there... But I am going to assume that it is similar to what is here on earth because... well... I'd like to go to pour a drink properly in my RP bar
But that does bring up a point though. Suppose you would decrease gravity. That would mean the forces applied downwards would decrease. If that happens then it would only need to go lower than the forces applied upwards from the base materials in order to counter it.
But that leads me to the scenario again of compartmentalization. If you were to make smaller units that can hold themselves together and have the load dissipate and distribute evenly on the bottom... then that would mean it would be able to hold. If you were to then link them together and make the links also strong enough then that would work too. A way to visualize this would be making boxes that can hold themselves up and then attaching them together. Then remove the walls that are not needed for larger areas to be created inside. I suppose that would work.... maybe. The only problem is what is the maximum size that I could make? And I would go back to saying probably 15 meters wide and ... i dont know...6 meters high? Depends also how thick the walls are of the box.
Actually not even. maybe 10 x 10 and have the walls thick and the base thicker?
Another thing to consider, in this fictional world of "super alloys" and science fiction materials, we're not necessarily assuming that all these fancy space stations are just being built out of rebar and A36 structural steels, which have relatively weak tensile strengths. It's possible that whatever materials are being used provide better structural support than what we general use here planetside in the real world.
And no rebar doesnt work here since you wouldnt use concrete. I would say you use steel instead or something similar to that.
also plants dont use gravity to suck up water.... it is capillary suction.
AND the point of this thread is in the OP plz read K? k
im adding gravity generators becasue it exists in game AND and if there is no gravity then nothing even would work anyway.