The Hyperloop As Fast As Possible
Techquickie
·Techquickie
·2016-05-06
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1,003 words · ~5 min read
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longdistance travel has come a long way actually no pun intended in the last 200
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years we've gone from horsedrawn carriages to trains to cars to
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commercial flights that can get you halfway around the world in less than a
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day's time but we've always dreamed of faster ways to get around and one such
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mode of transportation is in the works
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thanks to hyperloop the hyperloop could even outstrip Jets without requiring you
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to leave the freaking ground which is awesome you see the Loop superficially
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resembles a train or a monil but can actually go much faster thanks to the
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elimination of most sources of friction the same force that slows your car down
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when you apply the brakes if you didn't know that some high-speed trains like
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the Shanghai maglev in China that can
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reach nearly 270 mph reduce friction by
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using magnets to make them levitate above the rail so it's not actually
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touching anything the hyperloop however goes one step further by placing
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capsules inside of a tube which is a partial vacuum so there's much less air
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to push against the vehicle on top of this the capsules are suspended in
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midair by air casters similar to how pucks on an air hockey table are able to
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float around although the hyperloop does use linear induction motors which are
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magnetic to accelerate and decelerate the vehicle the air casters are a much
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cheaper simpler and longer lasting way to keep it floating in midair and
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finally the hyperloop vehicle itself contains an air compressor near the
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front to intake excess air in the tube and exhaust it out the back because the
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excess air would otherwise cause air resistance or drag that would slow the
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vehicle down the compressor is necessary to remove this air and make sure the
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hyperloop can attain its top speed and
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speaking of top speed when you put all of this together you have a system that
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is theoretically capable of going 760
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mph just below the speed of sound that
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fast enough to get you from Los Angeles to San Francisco in just 35 minutes
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which is twice as fast as the typical commercial flight between those cities
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and obviously way faster than sitting on the 101 during rush hour okay sounds
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amazing where can I buy my ticket so that I don't have to give any more money
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away to the airlines that won't even give me a free freaking bag of peanuts
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anymore well unfortunately the hyperloop is still just a concept but the good
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news is that since it was first proposed in 2012 by Elon Musk there has been some
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real traction okay that was a pun with trying
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to get the hyperloop system built one of musk's many successful companies has
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made the technology behind the hyperloop open source so that other companies and
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institutions are welcome to develop and improve upon the hyperloop idea a test
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facility with a short run of hyperloop track is planned in Nevada and Slovakia
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is currently exploring building a hyperloop in its capital brus laava but
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as with any new extremely exciting technology there are challenges to be
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worked out such as the stresses it might put on the human body quick changes in
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velocity such as when the hyperloop speeds up slows down or has to go over
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Hills might put forces on passengers that might make things a little
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uncomfortable especially if they have to get up to use to the
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bathroom yeah plus since most proposals
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have the hyperloop sitting on pillars above the ground Engineers would need to
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make sure it could stay safe in the event of Something Like An Earthquake
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cuz a bump going at 700 and something miles an hour is going to feel pretty
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rough still though the technology is being heavily explored by multiple
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governments companies and universities worldwide so a future where we're all
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being shot through tubes that nearly mock one might be closer than you think
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no word yet though on whether they'll let you order overpriced steak and wine
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on board so you can feel like a VIP like
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