What happens if we built a a road that went all around the world with nothing holding it up, the gravity would surley pull it down, but tht would mean the other side of the worlds road, would go in the air, but then gravity would pull it, so what happens? does it float?
2007-11-25 03:48:08 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Google Ringworld and, to answer you question specifically, Rigworld Engineers. These are Larry Niven novels. Basically such an ultimate suspension bridge would be under enormous circumferential compression due to gravity induced hoop-stress, unless is where spun such that centripetal acceleration equaled gravity's. Any known material would buckle under the stress. Also, the configuration is unstable. Even if it was perfectly rigid, any slight drift from center would grow exponentially until one side crashed, unless there were stabilizing elements (like pillars) at at least three points.
2007-11-25 03:51:55 · answer #1 · answered by Dr. R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We would be a lot deeper in debt for no good reason as this road would end up going nowhere.
2007-11-25 03:57:42 · answer #2 · answered by why 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
if it is possible and let it be something like which can handle all tht stress , then surely it would fly something like the ring on planet saturn
2007-11-25 04:28:13 · answer #3 · answered by mr.coolguy_me s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋