Start Date
4-1970 8:00 AM
Description
A survey is made of theoretical and experimental work done as part of Project Tubeflight at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute which has been directed at the development of a novel means of highspeed ground transportation. Tubeflight involves a vehicle, shaped much like an aircraft fuselage, which is supported by air cushion devices, and propels itself by one of several possible flow induction devices through a non-evacuated tube. The principal research areas reviewed are: the guideway, propulsion and power required, support, and small-scale experimentation.
Tubeflight -A Review
A survey is made of theoretical and experimental work done as part of Project Tubeflight at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute which has been directed at the development of a novel means of highspeed ground transportation. Tubeflight involves a vehicle, shaped much like an aircraft fuselage, which is supported by air cushion devices, and propels itself by one of several possible flow induction devices through a non-evacuated tube. The principal research areas reviewed are: the guideway, propulsion and power required, support, and small-scale experimentation.
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