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«The future of transportation»
Savina Brachthäuser
Guillem PenalvaAlberto Roper
Valentín Valhondo
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
14/10/2013 – Projects room (2.05)
Spatial transportation: the SpaceLiner.
Ground transportation: the Hyperloop.
Aerial transportation: the flying car. Transportation over the sea: ultimate sailing technologies.
Contents
Space nowadays
Space innovations
• The future of space
• Suborbital flights• Space tourism
Space Liner
Main characteristics
- Hypersonic velocity- Suborbital spaceplane- Length 65m- Max altitude 80km- OEW 145t
- 50 pax from Australia to Europe in 90 minutes!
- All Europe in less than 60 minutes!
- Rehusable vehicle
Space Liner
Hyperloop
The transport revolution
Hyperloop
Conventional types of transport
Hyperloop
The inventor
Hyperloop
Main objective and specifications Compared to the other alternatives of transport, Hyperloop should be:
-Safer-Faster-Lower cost-More convenient-Immune to weather -Sustainably self-powering
Hyperloop
- 28 Air bearings- Low pressure- 15000kg - 1220 kph- Rotor mounted in the capsule and stator in the tube
How it works
Hyperloop
Viability
7.4 million people every year20$ for one way tripAmortizing the cost in 20 years
Hyperloop
Conclusions
Flying Car
Popular culture: Star Wars Blade Runner Back to the Future Part II
Introduction
“This new millennium sucks! It's exactly the same as the old millennium! You know why? No flying cars!”
Lewis Black (2000)
Curtiss Autoplane Glenn Curtis, 1917
Arrowbile Waldo Waterman, 1937
History Background
Hafner Rotabuggy Raoul Hafner, 1942
Taylor Aerocar Moulton Taylor, 1949
History Background
Terrafugia Transition
Hybrid vehicle: car and aircraft. 30 seconds to convert to aircraft. Regular fuel. Road legally adapted. Cruise speed: 160 km/h. Estimated release date: 2016. Further information: http
://www.terrafugia.com/
Terrafugia Transition
Terrafugia TF-X
Announced May 7, 2013. Plug-in hybrid tilt-rotor. First fully autonomous flying car. Range: 500 miles per flight. Batteries rechargeable by the
engine. Expected release: 2021.
Terrafugia TF-X
Pal-V OneMoller Skycar M400
“Mark my word: a combination airplane and motorcar is coming. You may smile, but it will come.”
Henry Ford, 1940.
Ultimate sailing technology
-Wing Sails-Hydrofoils
Ultimate sailing technology
Speed = Pressure
How a foil works-Bernoulli’s principle:
Ultimate sailing technology
Wing Sails
-Better aerodynamic properties than conventional sails.-Extreme high speeds.-Made of carbon fiber.-Hydraulic control system.
-Too heavy.-Difficult to handle.
Ultimate sailing technology
Hydrofoils-The result force of the hydrofoils lifts the hullout of the water.-Decrease drag.-Increase speed.
-Difficult control of theboat out of the water.-Light hull.
Ultimate sailing technology
Ultimate sailing technology
Conclusion
-Improve stabillityand control.
-Lighter materials.
-Higher resistence.
-Soft wingsails.
Conclusions
Spacelinear
Flying car
Ultimate Sailing Technologies
Hyperloop
Questions?