Subdirectories of Tube-Based:
Categories related to Science: Technology: Transportation: Tube-Based: Business: Construction and Maintenance: Trenchless Technology (480) Business: Industrial Goods and Services: Industrial Supply: Materials Handling: Bulk: Pneumatic Conveying (31) Business: Transportation and Logistics: Urban Transport: Transit Systems: Subways (58) Science: Physics: Fluid Mechanics and Dynamics (156) Science: Technology: Transportation: Monorails (25) Websites on Tube-Based: Capsule Pipelines Contains a definition, history, views, and sources. Covers aspects of tube transportation, pneumatic tube systems, telegram conveying, and pneumatic despatch. CargoCap Describes a system for conveyance of goods through pipelines in Bochum, Germany. Includes an introduction, background, and news. Characteristics of a Freight Pipeline Transportation System A scoping paper by Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Covers linear electric propulsion, drag and stability. Evacuated Tube Transport Technologies Describes ET3, a project developing an evacuated tube system. Includes a summary of the technology and application, list of benefits, FAQ, and patent and licensing information. Flexitaxi Describes a Russian proposal for a tube transit system. Freight Pipeline Company A company seeking to commercialize Coal Log Pipeline technology. Contains a business plan and history, and technical background to capsule pipelines, including those for biomass and mine waste. Inteli-Tube Pneumatic Transportation System Contains an idea for a pneumatic tube based personal transport system. International Freight Pipeline Society Society for those interested in capsule, pneumatic, and slurry pipelines. Contains a member directory, publications, and news. International Symposium on Underground Freight Transportation by Capsule Pipelines and Other Tube/Tunnel Systems Contains news, history, conferences, and research groups. Magplane Technology, Inc. Includes a description and technical papers covering a linear synchronous motor based capsule pipeline. Pipenet Describes synchronous linear motor based system for moving lightweight freight, with movie of prototype in operation. RUMBA: Tube Underground Magnetic Levitation Railway A proposal for a passenger magnetic levitation based railway. Includes analysis of design requirements, network components, and implementation. TubeWay Describes suspended passenger pneumatic capsule pipeline proposal, with diagrams. Tubexpress A proposal for a system to move pallet-load general freight at high speed between cities. Includes a summary, history, outline design, and consideration of economics, energy, safety, and maintenance. ISUFT 2005 - 4th International Symposium on Underground Freight Transport Contains call for papers and background. (October 1, 2005) 3rd International Symposium on Underground Freight Transportation by Capsule Pipelines and other Tube/Tunnel Systems ISUFT2002, a conference hosted by Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Contains an introduction, and conference and exhibition details. (September 19, 2002) Computerworld: Shipping Goes Down the Tubes An introduction to many of the large diameter schemes under development. (March 26, 2001) New Scientist: Pipe Dream Attempts to answer the question, what became of a 1960s scheme to transport solid goods by pipeline, and why? (May 13, 2000) Public Roads: Tube Freight Transportation A review of the subject by Lawrence Vance and Milton K. Mills, United States Federal Highway Administration. (September 1, 1994)
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