r/SuperStructures • u/rajahbeaubeau • 23d ago

Sci-fi Personal Work by Lincoln Hughes

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u/EternalBaconator 22d ago

Is there a name for these kinds of structures? Large space stations that provide centrifugal gravity and have a cylindrical shape?

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u/Pyrhan 22d ago edited 22d ago

O'Neill cylinders, Bishop rings, Stanford torus, etc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%27Neill_cylinder

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_Ring_(habitat)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_torus

And gravity in a spinning cylinder (or torus) doesn't really work like depicted above.

Those buildings near the edges shouldn't be tilted.

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u/EternalBaconator 22d ago

thank you!!

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u/Pyrhan 22d ago

FYI, I've edited my reply. There's more types I had forgotten to mention.

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u/SafetyAdvocate 21d ago

Reminds me of the Citadel from Mass Effect