The Hyperloop consists of two elements: a tube where the air pressure is largely removed, and a ‘pod’, a kind of capsule where people or goods transported in
The idea came from Elon. musk, CEO of Tesla car company and aerospace company SpaceX. Because Musk already busy with his two companies, he leaves the actual development of the train to others.
China and Australia
At various places in the world is already seriously thought about the arrival of such Hyperloop tube. There are plans to connect Helsinki and Stockholm with one another and it is even considered in Russia to link the Hyperloop the Moscow transport system.
The Hyperloop is primarily intended for larger distances between one hundred and one thousand kilometers. It is therefore expected that futuristic transport primarily in large areas, such as the United States, China or Australia, will be deployed, says Tim Houter, the “team captain” of the team working on a Hyperloop on behalf of the university.
The arrival of a Hyperloop train in the Netherlands is therefore provisionally gone far. As a small country has such a tube less useful, but a range between Netherlands and France for example, it may belong to the possibilities Houter says.
Minister Henk Kamp of Economic Affairs shares this view. “I can well imagine that systems like these are made primarily for the longer distances, but later developed for Dutch scale,” said Minister of Economic Affairs Henk Kamp.
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the Technical University of Delft is one of the players working on the idea of Musk. Students of the University presented Thursday capsule which they will participate in the contest organized by Musk. The present capsule is twice as small as the ultimate ‘pod’, but the final version would people be able to carry.
The team at Delft was inspired by Musk, but does not have plans one on one. “We initially as a step backwards from the original concept, and thought through everything again,” Mars Geuze tells the Hyperloop team in Delft.
The Hyperloop Delft example, makes use of permanent magnets in instead of electromagnets. The magnets ensure that the capsules float above the rails and are also used when braking.
Delft is not only in this. The American university MIT, for example, has made some of those changes. Ultimately, issues such as cost, safety and weight are decisive in the competition
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