How does the water go down your toilet on a wagon wheel space station,that is turning?

Question

If they did use a toilet the way we use it on earth and there was a centrifically generated gravity does the water spiral down or go straight down?

Answer 1

Hi. Centrifigal force.

Answer 2

Listen to Keith W. His answer is right on.

You can demonstrate to yourself that the Northern-vs.-Southern Hemisphere direction-of-spin myth is only a myth by doing the following:

Fill a sink with water.
Use your hand to start the water rotating in a clockwise direction.
Now open the drain while still continuing for a few seconds to make the water rotate clockwise.
Now take your hand out of the water and watch what happens. The water continues to rotate clockwise as it goes down the drain, and actually tends to rotate faster.

Now start over, but rotate the water in a counterclockwise direction.
When you stop rotating the water this time, the water should continue to rotate (and to actually speed up) in a COUNTER-
CLOCKWISE direction.
Obviously, you didn't move from the Northern Hemisphere to the Southern. Why did it change? Because it was simply the physics of rotational motion, and not the coriolis force, that caused the water to go on spinning.

Answer 3

The water would tend to go towards the outside of the wheel and also in the opposite direction from the direction it is rotating. This is due to the conservation of angular momenum. As the mass of water gets farther away from the radius of rotation it will rotate around that axis slower. This is similar to how a skater controls her spin rate by pulling her arms in or sticking them out.
If they use the same toilets designed in the U.S. the water will have a rotation clockwise. This is due to the direction the water is coming out of the holes under the rim of the toilet. This is the same reason it goes clockwise on earth. It is a myth that water going down the drain or toilet rotates clockwise in the northern hemisphere due to the coriolis force. The coriolis force on such a small scale is so small as to be unnoticable.

Answer 4

they don't use a toilet,

for number 1, you put your thing inside a tube and go

for number 2, youre strapped into a toilet to keep you down, and then there is suction so as soon as you go the stuff is let out of the craft.

Answer 5

More than likely, It would go everywhere, despite "artificial gravity".
Liquids In space HAVE to be controlled.. especially this type!
On the INSS and Space Shuttle It's all about using vacuum.

Answer 6

Which direction is the wheel spinning?

Aloha

Answer 7

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Answer 8

suction