Mechanical circuit element - Revision history

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	~~{{wikitodo\|basic explanation}}~~

	The idea here is to make a set of mechanical standard components much like there is a <br>		The idea here is to make a set of mechanical standard components much like there is a <br>

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			The idea here is to make a set of mechanical standard components much like there is a <br>
			set of electrical standard components.

			'''A [[The mechanoelectrical correspondence\|direct analogy]]:'''
			* Springs (linear and torsional) in analogy to capacitors
			* flywheels (and masses) in analogy to inductors
			* friction elements in analogy to resistors
			* gear-trains in analogy to transformers
			* differentials in analogy to wire-forks
			* clutches in analogy to transistors
			With quite a bit of an analogy breakdown for the latter ones.

			== Compiling mechanical circuits ==

			Then mechanical circuits can be "compiled" just like we compile code for the generation of ASIC microchips. <br>
			One could e.g. compile systems for [[mechanical pulse width modulation]].

			== Why a set of standard mechanical components may be more difficult than a set of electrical components ==

			A complicating factor is that mechanics come with anisotropic rigid body motions in translatory and rotatory fashion while <br>
			charge in electronics behaves like an anisotropic (almost incompressible outside of dedicated components - called capacitors) fluid. <br>
			Thus additional redirection elements are needed.

			Simple electric fork points (solder points) correspond to mechanical differentials (including planetary differentials). <br>
			See-saws can give a simple approximation, but they behave nonlinearly.

			== Why don't we have standard mechanical circuit components on the macroscale? ==

			As one can see from electronics circuits <br>
			a set of standard components only becomes practical once one has quite big and complex systems. <br>
			Early electronics was mostly analog and highly specialised.

			Similar with todays macroscale machinery like geartrains in cars or cranes or similar.
			These systems are quite simple and limited from a whole system perspective.
			And highly one off specialised for one specific task.
			Doing such things with nonspecialized standard components would incur a huge overhead.

			Plus macroscale mechanical components are still quite expensive.
			Even with 3D printing.

			== Related ==

	* [[The mechanoelectrical correspondence]]		* [[The mechanoelectrical correspondence]]

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{{wikitodo|basic explanation}}

* [[The mechanoelectrical correspondence]]