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Thinking about ring stations, but I'm just a compsci and I know nothing about physics. (pls no bully)

See pic related. Assuming a very big ring with spokes connecting it to the core, the main stresses on the material will be:

* Tension on the ring due to centrifugal force (R2) it will stretch outward (away from the core)
* Tension on the ring due to the velocity (R1) but this gets cancelled*
* Tension on the spokes due to centripetal force (S1) it will stretch outward (away from the core)
* Tension on the spokes due to the velocity (S2) but this gets cancelled*
* Shear on the spokes due to torque differences (S3) closer to the core = less torque = the spoke starts to bend

* cancelled = the section under consideration is "moving at the same speed in the same direction", so it won't have any relative motion, so no stress.

Correct?