Superlube tube - Revision history

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			[[File:Three configurations of infinitesimal bearing metamaterial.gif\|thumb\|400px\|right\|Top right: A possible superlube-tube featuring [[stratified shear bearing]]s.]]
	'''Superlube tubes''' or '''mechanical cables''' (in analogy to electrical cables) <br>		'''Superlube tubes''' or '''mechanical cables''' (in analogy to electrical cables) <br>
	are various cable like systems that do [[capsule transport]] or other transport <br>		are various cable like systems that do [[capsule transport]] or other transport <br>

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	== Distinguishing characteristics for different types of superlube tubes ==		== Distinguishing characteristics for different types of superlube tubes ==

	Size of the transported capsules		'''Size of the transported capsules'''
	* [[microcomponent]] size		* [[microcomponent]] size
	* ...		* ...
	* macroscopic		* macroscopic

	~~Siameter~~ of the cable		'''Diameter of the cable'''
	* for home applications (e.g. replacing todays electrical vcables),		* for home applications (e.g. replacing todays electrical vcables),
	* for inter-regional connections (e.g. replacing electrical overland line)		* for inter-regional connections (e.g. replacing electrical overland line)
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	{{todo\|investigate that}}		{{todo\|investigate that}}

	Shape of the shear bearings		'''Shape of the shear bearings'''
	* thinner or thicker stack(s)		* thinner or thicker stack(s)
	* fully tubular or just rail stripes		* fully tubular or just rail stripes

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	Some superlube tube systems will be designed to carry huge power densities. <br>		Some superlube tube systems will be designed to carry huge power densities. <br>
	See: [[Power density]] – and more generally: [[High performance of gem-gum technology]]		See: [[Power density]] – and more generally: [[High performance of gem-gum technology]]

			* [[How small scale friction shapes advanced transport]]

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	No electrical skin effect making the inner part of a cable ineffective. <br>		No electrical skin effect making the inner part of a cable ineffective. <br>
	In case of viscous flow throughput scales with the fourth power of radius of a hole <br>		In case of viscous flow throughput scales with the fourth power of radius of a hole <br>
	Is that maybe even better with [[~~stratifies~~ shear bearings]]? {{todo\|investigate that}}		Is that maybe even better with [[stratified shear bearings]]? <br>
			{{todo\|investigate that}}

	Shape of the shear bearings		Shape of the shear bearings

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	== Distinguishing characteristics for different types of superlube tubes ==		== Distinguishing characteristics for different types of superlube tubes ==

	* size of the transported capsules		Size of the transported capsules
	* ~~diameter~~ of the cable		* [[microcomponent]] size
			* ...
			* macroscopic

			Siameter of the cable
			* for home applications (e.g. replacing todays electrical vcables),
			* for inter-regional connections (e.g. replacing electrical overland line)

			There likely will be a very different scaling law for maximal throughput depending on aerial cable cros-section. <br>
			No electrical skin effect making the inner part of a cable ineffective. <br>
			In case of viscous flow throughput scales with the fourth power of radius of a hole <br>
			Is that maybe even better with [[stratifies shear bearings]]? {{todo\|investigate that}}

	Shape of the shear bearings		Shape of the shear bearings
	* thinner or thicker stack(s)		* thinner or thicker stack(s)

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	* fully tubular or just rail stripes		* fully tubular or just rail stripes
	* flat of more zig-zag – the latter might be in the case for [[diamondoid heat pipe system]]s		* flat of more zig-zag – the latter might be in the case for [[diamondoid heat pipe system]]s

			== Related ==

			Some superlube tube systems will be designed to carry huge power densities. <br>
			See: [[Power density]] – and more generally: [[High performance of gem-gum technology]]

Superlube tube - Revision history

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Apm: added animated image for illustration

Apm: /* Distinguishing characteristics for different types of superlube tubes */ spelling and formatting fat for better readability

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Apm: /* Distinguishing characteristics for different types of superlube tubes */ added thoughts on cable diameters and scaling laws

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