Continuing work on IMS2, I once again find my lack of knowledge one of the biggest hinderances. And once again I think an engineering subforum along with math&physics and astronomy might be a good thing.
I want to put a bit more realism into power distribution than in the original, and have tried learning about a concept that I always knew existed, but never really knew what it is: The electircal bus (not that kind!)
When digging around for buses in a spaceflight context, I have mostly come over buses in computational and communication functions. I know a bit about those, so I'm pretty sure that's not what I'm looking for. The thing I have found (though not in a spaceflight specific context) that seems to fit the bill most closely is the busbar... Which more or less turns out to be a "solid cable". Is this really the usual means how power is distributed through a spacecraft? If yes, what exactly are the advantages over using cables?
I want to put a bit more realism into power distribution than in the original, and have tried learning about a concept that I always knew existed, but never really knew what it is: The electircal bus (not that kind!)
When digging around for buses in a spaceflight context, I have mostly come over buses in computational and communication functions. I know a bit about those, so I'm pretty sure that's not what I'm looking for. The thing I have found (though not in a spaceflight specific context) that seems to fit the bill most closely is the busbar... Which more or less turns out to be a "solid cable". Is this really the usual means how power is distributed through a spacecraft? If yes, what exactly are the advantages over using cables?