Hyperloop
Hyperloop
INTRODUCTION
● Hyperloop is a new mode of transport that seeks to change this paradigm by being
both fast and inexpensive for people and goods.
● It is the fifth mode generation of transportation.
● Hyperloop consists of a low pressure tube with capsules that are transported at both
low and high speeds throughout the length of the tube .
● A high-speed train that promises travel at twice the speed of a commercial aircraft,
● This system can achieve an average speed of 962 km/h, and a top speed of 1,220
km/h.
Whose Idea???
● The hyperloop was proposed by Elon Musk , He is currently the CEO & CTO of
SpaceX and CEO & Chief Product Architect of Tesla Motors.
● The Hyperloop concept has been explicitly "open-sourced" by Musk and SpaceX, and
others have been encouraged to take the ideas and further develop them.
COMPONENTS OF HYPERLOOP
TUBES-The tube is made of steel. Two tubes will be welded together in a side by side
configuration to allow the capsules to travel both directions.
CAPSULE-Sealed capsules carrying 28 passengers each that travel along the interior of
the tube
WORKING PRINCIPLE
● The capsule would accelerate to cruising speed gradually using a linear electric motor and
glide above their track using passive magnetic levitation.
● It is levitated and propelled forward using powerful electromagnets. This itself
considerably reduces losses due to friction, as the train is literally gliding over the track
and is not in contact with the track. Hence there are no frictional losses allowing the train
to move at high velocities. The absence of air in the hyperloop will further increase the
efficiency.
● The air pressure in the tube is very low, a capsule traveling at 1200 kmph will cause
significant air pressure at the nose of the vehicle, which must be considered in the design.
Since the tube has a larger cross-section than the capsule, some air flows around the
vehicle. Even so, compressor fans that actively transfer air from the front to the rear of the
capsule must be installed.
HYPERLOOP INDIA
Mumbai -Pune Hyperloop
● The recent announcement between the Maharashtra government signed and MoU you
with the British Millionaire Richard Branson Virgin group to build Mumbai Pune
Hyperloop
● It will cut the travel time between Mumbai Pune to 25 minutes from the 3 hours now
takes by road The first phase of the 15-km Hyperloop track in Pune, from Balewadi to
Gahunje, will serve as the testing track for passenger movement
#chief minister
Devendra
Fadnavis and
other government
official had visited
the Virgin
Hyperloop One
test site in Nevada