The Architecture of Artificial-Gravity Environments for Long-Duration Space Habitation

Title Page
Abstract
Dedication			ii
Acknowledgments			iii
Preface			vi
List of Figures			ix
Introduction			1
Chapter
I.	History		5
	1.1	Before Tsiolkovsky, prior to 1878	6
	1.2	From Tsiolkovsky to Sputnik, 1878-1957	7
	1.3	From Sputnik to Skylab, 1957-1973	19
	1.4	After Skylab, 1973-1991	46
		Notes to Chapter I	92
II.	Physiology		102
	2.1	Micro-Gravity Research	103
	2.2	Artificial-Gravity Research	113
		Notes to Chapter II	129
III.	Physics		139
	3.1	Newton's Laws	141
	3.2	Free-Fall, Orbit, and Weightlessness	144
	3.3	Gravity, Acceleration, and Weight	146
	3.4	Acceleration and Energy	149
	3.5	Centripetal Acceleration	152
	3.6	Coriolis Acceleration	156
	3.7	Other Accelerations	162
	3.8	Momentum and Moment of Inertia	164
	3.9	Cross-Coupled Rotations	170
	3.10	Moment of Inertia and Stability	173
	3.11	Angular Momentum and Energy	177
	3.12	Tidal Acceleration, General Case	181
	3.13	Tidal Acceleration, Special Case	185
	3.14	Structural Limitations	190
		Notes to Chapter III	202
IV.	Frame of Reference		206
	4.1	Components of Artificial Gravity	207
	4.2	Directionality	210
	4.3	Verticality, Free-Fall, and the Involute Curve	212
	4.4	Limit as Radius Approaches Infinity	221
	4.5	Comfort	224
	4.6	Apparent Slope	228
	4.7	Linear Motion and the Catenary Curve	229
	4.8	Stairs	236
	4.9	Material Handling	249
	4.10	Configuration	250
		Notes to Chapter IV	254
V.	Design		259
	5.1	Reasons and Goals	260
	5.2	Architectural Theory	262
	5.3	Meaning	265
	5.4	Principal Directions	267
	5.5	Interior and Exterior Space	269
	5.6	Form and Function	272
	5.7	The Architecture of Artificial Gravity	274
		Notes to Chapter V	286
Bibliography			291

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