HYPERLOOP

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SUMMARY:
The project aims to fabricate a working model of HYPERLOOP POD SYSTEM which is 5th mode of transportation.
Existing conventional modes of transportation of people consists of four unique types: rail, road, water, and air.
These modes of transport tend to be either relatively slow, expensive, or a combination of relatively slow and
expensive. Hyperloop is a new mode of transport that seeks to change this paradigm by being both fast and
inexpensive for people and goods. Hyperloop is also unique in that it is an open design concept, similar to Linux.

Fig. HYPERLOOP POD LAYOUT

INTRODUCTION:
The Hyperloop concept operates by sending specially designed "capsules" or "pods" through a continuous steel
tube which maintains a comparatively lower pressure ahead of the capsule . Each capsule floats on a 0.5-to-1.3-
millimetre (0.02 to 0.05 in) layer of air provided under pressure to air-caster "skis", similar to how pucks are
suspended in an air hockey table, thus avoiding the use of maglev while still allowing for speeds that wheels cannot
sustain.
Linear induction motors located along the tube would accelerate and decelerate the capsule to the appropriate
speed for each section of the tube route. With rolling resistance eliminated and air resistance greatly reduced, the
capsules can glide for the bulk of the journey. In the Hyperloop concept, an electrically driven inlet fan and air
compressor would be placed at the nose of the capsule to "actively transfer high pressure air from the front to the
rear of the vessel," resolving the problem of air pressure building in front of the vehicle, slowing it down.[1] A
fraction of the air is shunted to the skis for additional pressure, augmenting that gain passively from lift due to their
shape.
At one extreme of the potential solutions is some enlarged version of the old pneumatic tubes used to send mail
and packages within and between buildings. You could, in principle, use very powerful fans to push air at high
speed through a tube and propel people-sized pods to about 350 mile distance. However, the friction of a 350 mile
long column of air moving at anywhere near sonic velocity against the inside of the tube is so stupendously high
that this is impossible for all practical purposes.

Another extreme is the approach, advocated by Rand and ET3, of drawing a hard or near hard vacuum in the tube
and then using an electromagnetic suspension. The problem with this approach is that it is incredibly hard to
maintain a near vacuum in a room, let alone 700 miles (round trip) of large tube with dozens of station gateways
and thousands of pods entering and exiting every day. All it takes is one leaky seal or a small crack somewhere in
the hundreds of miles of tube and the whole system stops working.

However, a low pressure (vs. almost no pressure) system set to a level where standard commercial pumps could
easily overcome an air leak and the transport pods could handle variable air density would be inherently robust.
Unfortunately, this means that there is a non-trivial amount of air in the tube and leads us straight into another
problem.

LITERATURE REVIEW:

In September 2013, Ansys Corporation ran computational fluid dynamics simulations to model the
aerodynamics of the capsule and shear stress forces that the capsule would be subjected to. The simulation
showed that the capsule design would need to be significantly reshaped to avoid creating supersonic airflow,
and that the gap between the tube wall and capsule would need to be larger. Ansys employee Sandeep
Sovani said the simulation showed that Hyperloop has challenges but that he is convinced it is feasible.[2][3]

In October 2013, the development team of the Open MDAO software framework released an unfinished,
conceptual open-source model of parts of the Hyperloop's propulsion system. The team asserted that the
model demonstrated the concept's feasibility, although the tube would need to be 13 feet (4 m) in
diameter,[4]

MathWorks analyzed the proposal's suggested route and concluded that the route was mainly feasible. The
analysis focused on the acceleration experienced by passengers and the necessary deviations from public
roads in order to keep the accelerations reasonable; it did highlight that maintaining a trajectory along I-580
east of San Francisco at the planned speeds was not possible without significant deviation into heavily
populated areas.[5]

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies is building a 5-mile (8.0 km) track in Quay Valley, California; SpaceX is
building a 1-mile (1.6 km) track in Hawthorne, California; and Hyperloop One is building a test track in North
Las Vegas, Nevada.[6][7]

Hyperloop One announced in February 2015 their planned to develop a Hyperloop route between Los
Angeles and Las Vegas and succeed. They have organized a board of directors and an engineering team, and
have raised more than US$90 million in working capital.[8]

Passenger capsules will accelerate to 160 miles per hour (260 km/h), while empty capsules will be tested at
the full 760 mph (1,220 km/h).[13][12]

TransPod in 2016 introduced a new pod design as a prototype vehicle for field testing. In March 2016,
TransPod announced that they will present a full-scale concept vehicle design at the InnoTrans Rail Show in
Berlin in September 2016.[14]
The vehicle is being designed to target speeds in excess of 1000 km/h, based on computer-driven control,
with infrastructure capable of being solar-powered.[15] TransPod has announced a plan to produce a
commercial vehicle by 2020.[16] and to work with regulatory agencies for approval of its first hyperloop lines
between 2020-25.[17] The Montreal-Toronto corridor is one of the lines under consideration by
TransPod.[18] TransPod has headquarters in Toronto. It is collaborating with aerospace companies, university
researchers, and an architecture firm in Europe.[14][18][19][20]

In June 2015, SpaceX announced that they would sponsor a Hyperloop pod design competition, and would
build a 1-mile-long (1.6 km) subscale test track near SpaceX's headquarters in Hawthorne, California for the
competitive event in 2016.[22][23] SpaceX stated in their announcement, "Neither SpaceX nor Elon Musk is
affiliated with any Hyperloop companies. While we are not developing a commercial Hyperloop ourselves, we
are interested in helping to accelerate development of a functional Hyperloop prototype."[24]

More than 700 teams had submitted preliminary applications by July,[25] and detailed competition rules were
released in August.[26] Intent to Compete submissions were due in September 2015 with more detailed tube
and technical specification released by SpaceX in October. A preliminary design briefing was held in
November 2015, where more than 120 student engineering teams were selected to submit Final Design
Packages due by January 13, 2016.[27]

A Design Weekend was held at Texas A&M University January 29–30, 2016, for all invited
entrants.[28] Engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were named the winners of the
competition. Finishing second was Delft University of Technology from the Netherlands, followed by
the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Virginia Tech, and the University of California, Irvine.[21][29] While the
MIT team took best overall, Delft University won the Pod Innovation Award.[30] 22 teams will be invited to
build hardware and compete in time trials later in 2016 at Hawthorne, California.[21][27]

OBJECTIVES:
1. To construct a model with basic materials and technology which fairly resemble the concept of Hyperloop.
2. Needs include the design and simulation results, framework of electrical setup behind project, material
research and financial sponsors as the project may require financial assistance.
3. Requirements for the project in physical terms are mainly the testing area (100 sq. M approx.), electric
components, motors and pumps, pipes, etc.
4. To propose a solution to the problem so as to overcome the Kantrowitz Limit.

METHODOLOGY:
 PRINCIPLE: most probably the model will be based on Nikhil Dang.[6]

 WORK FLOW:
Design and Marketing Testing and
analysis and market Fabrication Improvisation
survey

THESIS

 TIME ACTIVITY CHART:

 Week 1-3 Finalize the design, dimensions to fabricate and to analyze on CFD.
Week 3-5 Market research, Marketing and start Fabrication
Week 5-9 Fabrication, testing and improvisation
Week 9-11 Thesis work, Publication opportunities and Presentation.

WORKDONE: 50-100

Member Name Department Responsibilities

Shivam Joshi Design, Analysis and Fabrication Come up with proposed model,
Fabrication and testing.
Prakhar Gupta Design and Marketing Come up with proposed model and
Look for any financial assistances
Santoshi Vais Market Research To look for the best materials and
components available for project.
kshitij Onkar Logistics and Fabrication Responsible for supplies and
Fabrication process.
Brajesh Asati Fabrication and Testing To fabricate the model and test for
adequate performance.

EXPECTED OUTCOMES: 50-100

1. A publication combining Fabrication and CFD of hyperloop model.

2. If model comes out to be a success then it has potential of patent of Commercialization.
3. A complete thesis and presentation paper on Hyperloop.

REFERENCES: 50-100
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3. Statt, Nick (September 19, 2013). "Simulation verdict: Elon Musk's Hyperloop needs tweaking". CNET News.
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