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To: Professional Engineer; sionnsar
"There's your problem. No breezes, no sprung hinges."

Actually, since we're on a space vehicle, no breezes could mean asphyxiation.

Rather than considering it a problem, I think of it as a blessing. As reflected solar energy warms each Habitat, its expanding air is gated through one way airshafts to a neighboring habitat, (through the Thrust Ring).

By having three habitats at eight hour day separations, a permanent cycle is established which saves having to move the air electrically.

Note that the Flying Castle habitat is a sink for water vapor, offering condensation surfaces on the canopy glass. That's why we have 'rain' at four O'clock in the morning almost every day.

1,070 posted on 01/06/2007 4:13:36 PM PST by NicknamedBob (My tuner doesn't have good taste the way it used to!)
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To: NicknamedBob

Moving fluid through thermal expansion...in the Navy we called that Thermal Driving Head--as long as the heat source is BELOW the heat sink, the fluid will flow.


1,072 posted on 01/06/2007 4:17:23 PM PST by rottndog (While reading this tag, remember Tens of Thousands of Americans are risking their lives for you.)
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