LAPSE:2023.34501
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LAPSE:2023.34501
Low Pressure Tube Transport—An Alternative to Ground Road Transport—Aerodynamic and Other Problems and Possible Solutions
April 27, 2023
This paper presents the concept of one possible but unconventional implementation of a Low Pressure Tube Transport (LPTT) system for a network with station-to-station distances of 300 km, based on the use of circular tunnels in which modular vehicles consisting of three interconnected functional segments move on wheels with airless tires. The physical limitations associated with high-speed vehicle travel in tunnels are presented. The reasons for the expected inconvenience in the travel system, compensated by short travel times, are justified. Assumptions for the use of locomotion, safety, and passenger segments in the construction of a vacuum modular vehicle are presented, as well as systems to ensure the efficient conversion of serial traffic in tunnels to parallel traffic in station areas. Schemes of station construction and traffic organization in the station area are presented, as well as assumptions for a number of systems increasing the safety of vehicle traffic used in emergency situations. Visualizations of some solutions are presented. Details of the construction of a locomotive segment based on a multi-wheel system of airless wheels with the use of a system of linear motors for acceleration and an inertial drive system between them to reduce its weight are presented. Some conclusions from tests conducted on built simulators, mechanical and virtual, of the passenger segment of a vacuum vehicle are discussed.
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hyperloop, hyperloop safety aspects, hyperloop station, low pressure high-speed trains, simulators, vactrain, vacuum tube high-speed transport
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Piechna J. Low Pressure Tube Transport—An Alternative to Ground Road Transport—Aerodynamic and Other Problems and Possible Solutions. (2023). LAPSE:2023.34501
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Piechna J: Institute of Aeronautics and Applied Mechanics, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-665 Warsaw, Poland [ORCID]
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Energies
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14
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13
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3766
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2021
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2021-06-23
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1996-1073
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