Hyperloop Transportation

07 Sep,2017

Hyperloop Transportation
A hyperloop is a proposed mode of passenger and/or freight transportation
Basiclally we have several types of transport.The main Transports Trains, flights,
buses,ships.Today all over the world facing problems with these transportation
like Heavy traffic,Enviromental issues,pollution,high travel cost ,..,etc.
To solve these problems ELON MUSK & CO has created a new Transportation Method
called HYPERLOOP.
Elon Musk's version of the concept, first publicly mentioned in 2012,
incorporates reduced-pressure tubes in which pressurized capsules ride on
air bearings driven by linear induction motors and air compressors.
The general idea of trains or other transportation traveling through evacuated tubes dates back more than a century,
although the atmospheric railway was never a commercial success.
Musk first mentioned that he was thinking about a concept for a "fifth mode of transport",
calling it the Hyperloop, in July 2012 at a PandoDaily event in Santa Monica, California.
This hypothetical high-speed mode of transportation would have the following characteristics: immunity to weather,
collision free, twice the speed of a plane, low power consumption, and energy storage for 24-hour operations.
The name Hyperloop was chosen because it would go in a loop.
Musk envisions the more advanced versions will be able to go at hypersonic speed.
First proposed in 2013 by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk,
CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, the Hyperloop would transport passengers in floating pods
inside low-pressure tubes at speeds of more than 750 mph (1,200 km/h).
Musk’s Hyperloop consists of two massive tubes extending from San Francisco to Los Angeles.
Pods carrying passengers would travel through the tubes at speeds topping out over 700 mph.
Imagine the pneumatic tubes people in The Jetsons use to move around buildings, but on a much bigger scale.
For propulsion, magnetic accelerators will be planted along the length of the tube, propelling the pods forward.
The tubes would house a low pressure environment,
surrounding the pod with a cushion of air that permits the pod to move safely at such high speeds,
like a puck gliding over an air hockey table.
Given the tight quarters in the tube, pressure buildup in front of the pod could be a problem.
The tube needs a system to keep air from building up in this way. Musk’s design recommends an
air compressor on the front of the pod that will move air from the front to the tail,
keeping it aloft and preventing pressure building up due to air displacement.
A one way trip on the Hyperloop is projected to take about 35 minutes (for comparison,
traveling the same distance by car takes roughly six hours).