Pressuvessels for Space Habs

It will be interesting to construct a spherical shell of 100 m diameter by
some winding process to understand how such shells can be made quickly in
space.

Regards,
Selvaraj

On 20 June 2018 at 19:59, Joe Strout joe@strout.net [spacesettlers] <
spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

>
> sraj sraj99@... [spacesettlers] wrote:
>
> > How do we construct the basic pressure vessel for space habs? Let's say
> > we want to construct a sphere 1 Km in diameter.
>
> Same as constructing any other pressure vessel welding or winding, or
> some combination thereof.
>
> A 1 km diameter (500 m radius) is challenging but doable. I seem to
> recall that if you use aluminum, it would have to be half a meter thick
> at that radius. (Check my math with High Frontier, which calculates the
> correct hull thickness for several different shapes and materials.)
>
> Best,
> - Joe
>

Regards,
Selvaraj
On 20 June 2018 at 19:59, Joe Strout
joe@...
[spacesettlers]
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sraj
sraj99@...
[spacesettlers] wrote:
> How do we construct the basic pressure vessel for space habs? Let's say
> we want to construct a sphere 1 Km in diameter.
Same as constructing any other pressure vessel welding or winding, or
some combination thereof.
A 1 km diameter (500 m radius) is challenging but doable. I seem to
recall that if you use aluminum, it would have to be half a meter thick
at that radius. (Check my math with High Frontier, which calculates the
correct hull thickness for several different shapes and materials.)
Best,
- Joe