Crossposting - Colony Wall Loadings

> On a habitat, we're dealing with a pseudo-gravity effected through
> centrifugal force. I think that would be destabilizing because of
> the coriolis effect. Isn't there something to that? There really
> wouldn't be a hanging down (implied that gravity is pulling as a
> vector towards the surface) rather there would be a combination of
> vectors to consider in the engineering.
The Coriolis force is felt only by objects moving within the rotating
framework. If your building goes up and down like a yoyo, it will
experience Coriolis force. If it stands still like most buildings do,
it will feel only the tug of the centrifugal force, indistinguishable
from real gravity except that the centrifugal force will lessen with
altitude much more rapidly than gravity does.
Fast elevators may need to be designed with the Coriolis force in
mind. Also showers, perhaps.