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Low Pressure Tube Transport—An Alternative to Ground Road Transport—Aerodynamic and Other Problems and Possible Solutions

Janusz Piechna

Energies2021, 14(13), 3766;https://doi.org/10.3390/en14133766

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23 June 2021

This paper presents the concept of one possible but unconventional implementation of a Low Pressure Tube Transport (LPTT) system for a network with station-to-station distances of 300 km, based on the use of circular tunnels in which modular vehicles...

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A Triple-Helix Approach for the Assessment of Hyperloop Potential in Europe

Konstantinos Gkoumas and
Michalis Christou

Sustainability2020, 12(19), 7868;https://doi.org/10.3390/su12197868

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23 September 2020

Hyperloop is a proposed high-speed surface mode of passenger and freight transport that has gained much visibility in recent years. Since its introduction in modern form in 2013, progress on Hyperloop has been thriving, with several companies involve...

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A Concept of Integration of a Vactrain Underground Station with the Solidarity Transport Hub Poland

Olena Stryhunivska,
Katarzyna Gdowska and
Rafał Rumin

Energies2020, 13(21), 5737;https://doi.org/10.3390/en13215737

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2 November 2020

This paper provides an analysis of a designed underground station infrastructure for vacuum tube high-speed trains for the planned mega transport hub in Poland. The potential of integrating the infrastructure of the station building with sealed low-p...

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