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You use expansion joints like these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flanged_Rubber_Bellows.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flanged_Rubber_Bellows.jp.
by nether 13y ago
You use expansion joints like these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flanged_Rubber_Bellows.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flanged_Rubber_Bellows.jp...
They're made of rubber, fiberglass and other flexible but strong materials. I don't know how well they'd handle the vacuum stresses but I don't think it'd be too extreme.
- ars 13y agoThat won't work because the capsule has to ride on the pipe wall. Any bump will destroy the capsule.