Doctoral Dissertation

Hall, Theodore W. (1994 May).  The Architecture of Artificial-Gravity Environments for Long-Duration Space Habitation (University Microfilms 9423117).  Doctoral dissertation (Arch.D.), Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA: University of Michigan HTML    Order 

Book Chapter

Hall, Theodore W. (2009).  Artificial Gravity.  In A. S. Howe, B. Sherwood (Eds.), Out of This World: The New Field of Space Architecture (Chapter 12, p. 133-152).  Reston, Virginia, USA: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics HTML 

Published Papers (in chronological order)

Hall, Theodore W. (1991 May 16).  The Architecture of Artificial Gravity: Mathematical Musings on Designing for Life and Motion in a Centripetally Accelerated Environment.  In B. Faughnan, G. Maryniak (Eds.), Space Manufacturing 8: Energy and Materials from Space (p. 177-186).  10th Princeton / AIAA / SSI Conference, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, 15-18 May 1991.  Washington, DC, USA: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics PDF 

Hall, Theodore W. (1993 May 13).  The Architecture of Artificial Gravity: Archetypes and Transformations of Terrestrial Design.  In B. Faughnan (Ed.), Space Manufacturing 9: The High Frontier – Accession, Development and Utilization (p. 198-209).  11th SSI-Princeton Conference, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, 12-15 May 1993.  Washington, DC, USA: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics PDF 

Hall, Theodore W. (1994 April).  Designing for Life and Motion in Artificial-Gravity Environments.  SSI Update (vol. 20, no. 2, p. 1-4).  Princeton, New Jersey, USA: Space Studies Institute.

Hall, Theodore W. (1995 May 5).  The Architecture of Artificial Gravity: Theory, Form, and Function in the High Frontier.  In B. Faughnan (Ed.), Space Manufacturing 10: Pathways to the High Frontier (p. 182-192).  12th SSI-Princeton Conference, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, 4-7 May 1995.  Washington, DC, USA: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics HTML    PDF 

Hall, Theodore W. (1999 July).  Artificial Gravity and the Architecture of Orbital Habitats.  Journal of the British Interplanetary Society (vol. 52, no. 7-8, p. 290-300).  London, England, UK: British Interplanetary Society.  [Presented at the International Symposium on Space Tourism, Bremen, Germany, 20 March 1997.]   HTML    PDF 

Hall, Theodore W. (1999 September 29).  Inhabiting Artificial Gravity (AIAA 99-4524).  AIAA Space Technology Conference and Exposition, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, 28-30 September 1999.  Reston, Virginia, USA: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics HTML    PDF    Order 

Hall, Theodore W. (2000 July 10).  Gravity as an Environmental System (SAE 2000-01-2244).  30th International Conference on Environmental Systems (ICES), Toulouse, France, 10-13 July 2000.  Warrendale, Pennsylvania, USA: Society of Automotive Engineers PDF    Order 

Hall, Theodore W. (2001).  Gravity, Space, and Architecture.  In J. Zukowsky (Ed.), 2001: Building for Space Travel (p. 168-174).  New York, New York, USA: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.  [This is a catalog of an exhibition sponsored by the Art Institute of Chicago, 24 March - 21 October, 2001, and the Museum of Flight in Seattle, 15 December, 2001 - 15 May, 2002.]

Hall, Theodore W. (2002 July 16).  Architectural Considerations for a Minimum Mass, Minimum Energy, Artificial Gravity Environment (SAE 2002-01-2431).  32nd International Conference on Environmental Systems (ICES), San Antonio, Texas, USA, 15-18 July 2002.  Warrendale, Pennsylvania, USA: Society of Automotive Engineers PDF    Order 

Hall, Theodore W. (2002 October).  Envisioning Artificial Gravity.  Poster, 1st Space Architecture Symposium (SAS 2002), Houston, Texas, USA, 10-11 October 2002.   PDF 

Hall, Theodore W. (2004 May 20).  Architectural Design to Promote Human Adaptation to Artificial Gravity.  White paper, submitted in response to the NASA Exploration Systems Enterprise, Request for Information RFI04212004.   PDF 

Hall, Theodore W. (2005).  The Gravity of Architecture – The Architecture of Gravity.  In A. Ferré, I. Hwang, M. Kubo, R. Prat, T. Sakamoto, A. Tetas (Eds.), Verb: Conditioning (p. 142-147).  Barcelona, Spain: Actar.

Hall, Theodore W. (2006 September 19).  Artificial Gravity Visualization, Empathy, and Design (AIAA 2006-7321).  2nd International Space Architecture Symposium (SAS 2006), AIAA Space 2006 Conference and Exposition, San Jose, California, USA, 19-21 September 2006.  Reston, Virginia, USA: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics PDF    Order 

Software

Hall, Theodore W.  SpinCalc: An Artificial-Gravity Calculator in JavaScript.   HTML 

Hall, Theodore W.  SpinDoctor: An Artificial-Gravity Simulation Program.  Compiled for IRIX, SunOS, and Mac OS X workstations.   HTML 


Other Relevant Sites

Bell, Michael; Griggs, Tequila; Latta, Jarrid; Nelms, Alice; Shunnarah, Richard; Sparks, Damon; Xenofos, George; Zarichnak, Michael (1999).  An Experimental Study of Natural Convection in Artificial Gravity.  NASA Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program Proposal.   PDF 

Brandeis University.  Ashton Graybiel Spatial Orientation Laboratory.   HTML 

Bryll, Robert.  Object Trajectories in a Rotating Frame of Reference.  A simulation of a fountain on a rotating space station, as a Java 1.2.2 applet.   HTML 

Cardus, D.  Artificial Gravity in Space and in Medical Research.   HTML 

Chung, Winchell D. Jr.  Atomic Rocket: Artificial Gravity.   HTML 

Coffee, T. M.; Gill, S. A.; Wagner, E. B.; Theis, M. J.; Tsikata, S.; Bernal, I. M.; Bryan, A. W.; Merfeld, D. M.  Modeling Vestibular Effects of Artificial Gravity by Gondola Centrifugation in Mice.   HTML 

Czarnik, Tamarack R.  Artificial Gravity: Current Concerns and Design Considerations.   HTML 

Dyar, Dafydd Neal.  Mobile Suit Gundam: High Frontier.   HTML 

Fisher, Nick (2001 May).  Space Science 2001: Some Problems With Artificial Gravity.  Physics Education (vol. 36, no. 3, p. 193-201).  Bristol, England, UK: IOP Publishing PDF 

Frassanito, John; et al.  BNTR Artificial Gravity Mars Mission.   HTML 

Fraundorf, P.  An artificial gravity lab.  An exploration of the limits of rotation, bounded by light speed at the maximum radius and Planck’s constant at the minimum radius.   HTML 

“geowood”.  Starships, Space Colonies, and the like.   HTML 

Gupta, A.; Baker, J.; Sharif, M. A. R.  Numerical Analysis of Natural Convection in an Enclosure with Rotationally Produced Artificial Gravity.   HTML 

Hoffman, John H.; Mazzoleni, Andre; Santangelo, Andrew.  Analysis and Design of a Prototype Artificial Gravity Generating Tethered Satellite System.   HTML 

Hon, Adrian; Harris, Katherine; Sewell, David.  Astrobiology: The Living Universe – Artificial Gravity.   HTML 

Johnson, Richard D.; Holbrow, Charles (Eds.) (1977).  Space Settlements: A Design Study (NASA SP-413).  Washington, DC, USA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration HTML 

Joosten, B. Kent (2002).  Preliminary Assessment of Artificial Gravity Impacts to Deep-Space Vehicle Design (NASA JSC-EX-02-50).  Houston, Texas, USA: Johnson Space Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration PDF 

Kamman, Michelle; Paloski, William; Joosten, B. Kent (2004).  The Effect on the Crew and Design Implementations of Artificial Gravity Transportation Systems.  White paper, submitted in response to the NASA Exploration Systems Enterprise, Request for Information RFI04212004.   PDF 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Man Vehicle Laboratory.  Artificial Gravity.   HTML 

Miller, Karen.  The Pull of HyperGravity.  An article about centrifuge research by Malcolm Cohen at NASA Ames Research Center.   HTML 

Moore, Steven T.; Clement, Gilles; Diedrich, Andre; Biaggioni, Italo; Kaufmann, Horacio; Raphan, Theodore; Cohen, Bernard (2001 January).  Inflight Centrifugation as a Countermeasure for Deconditioning of Otolith-Based Reflexes.  Bioastronautics Investigators’ Workshop, Galveston, Texas, USA, 17-19 January 2001.  Houston, Texas, USA: Division of Space Life Sciences, Universities Space Research Association PDF 

NASA.  Artificial Gravity Space Station.   HTML 

NASA.  Skylab astronaut making his own artificial gravity.   MPEG   [Clipped from http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/video/skylab/skylab2/mpg/skylab2_mission1.mpg]

NASA.  Skylab astronauts making their own artificial gravity.   MPEG   [Clipped from http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/multimedia/video/v-024.mpg]

NASA, Ames Research Center.  Smart Systems Research Laboratory – Centrifuge Disturbance Control.   HTML 

Rask, Jon; Kirven-Brooks, Melissa; Donovan, Francis; Elland, Carol; Larenas, Patricia; Bhattacharya, Sharmila.  The Space Station Biological Research Project: An Artificial Gravity Laboratory.   HTML 

Rice, Eric E.  Tethered Artificial Gravity Spacecraft (TAGS).   HTML 

Saeed, S. I.; Powell, J. D.  Use of Passive Damping for a Tethered Artificial Gravity Spacecraft.   HTML 

Sorensen, Kirk (2005 December).  A Tether-Based Variable-Gravity Research Facility Concept.  53rd JANNAF Propulsion Meeting, Monterey, California, USA, 5-8 December 2005.  Washington, DC, USA: Joint Army Navy NASA Air Force (JANNAF) Interagency Propulsion Committee PDF 

“traitorsclaw”.  O’Neill Colony Videos.   HTML 

University of California at Irvine.  Space Cycle.   HTML 

Wade, Mark (editor).  Gemini 11.  Encyclopedia Astronautica HTML   [Look for “tethered vehicle exercise” near the middle of the article.]

Whitney, David; Globus, Al; Yager, Bryan; Sezen, Tugrul.  RingWorld.  A simulation of a rotating space settlement, as a Java 1.1 applet.   HTML 

Woollard, Ian.  Rotating Space Station Simulation.  A simulation of a rotating space settlement, as a Java 2 applet.   HTML 

Young, Laurence R.  Artificial Gravity Considerations for a Mars Exploration Mission.   HTML 

Young, Laurence R.  Artificial Gravity for Human Missions.   HTML 

Young, Laurence R.  Neurovestibular Aspects of Short-Radius Artificial Gravity: Toward a Comprehensive Countermeasure.   HTML 

Zubrin, Robert.  Mars Society Launches Translife Mission Project.   HTML