PSI - Issue 44

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Procedia Structural Integrity 44 (2023) 626–632

XIX ANIDIS Conference, Seismic Engineering in Italy The infrastructure challenges of hyperloop Andrea Santangelo a * Dr.Eng. Andrea Santangelo consulting services, Las Vegas 89101 USA a

© 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0) Peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of the XIX ANIDIS Conference, Seismic Engineering in Italy. Abstract We live in an age of unbelievable technological progress. Yet in many areas of life, things don’t seem to have changed that much, and transportation is a woeful example of this. The roads are still lined with cars and the skies streaked with airliners. However, the fantasy of a futuristic transportation is very much alive right now and it is exemplified by a concept called hyperloop. The hyperloop could revolutionize both freight and mass transit, shortening travel times on land while highly reducing environmental damage in the process. The hyperloop concept has captivated the interest of several countries around the world and Italy is one of those. An educated guess from one of the first civil engineer involved in the design and construction of a real-world hyperloop infrastructure tries to give some direction between hype and pragmatic design. © 2022 The Authors. Published by ELSEVIER B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 ) Peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of the XIX ANIDIS Conference, Seismic Engineering in Italy Keywords: hyperloop;transportation system;high-speed;continuous bridge;seismic isolation 1. Introduction – what is a hyperloop Hyperloop is a proposed new mode of transportation system that moves freight and people quickly, on-demand, and direct from origin to destination. The hyperloop vehicle accelerates gradually via electric propulsion through a low - pressure tube using magnetic levitation derived from Maglev systems. At a first glance, the hyperloop infrastructure seems to share mostly of the modern civil methods and codes commonly used while designing bridge or a tunnel, but it is instead a completely new concept for the main reason that the vehicles travel inside low-pressure vacuum tubes at speeds comparable to commercial airlines since both friction and air resistance are greatly reduced. The hyperloop ventures are currently focusing on the development of cargo pods and will follow up with passenger versions. B.V. This is a

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2452-3216 © 2023 The Authors. Published by ELSEVIER B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0) Peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of the XIX ANIDIS Conference, Seismic Engineering in Italy. 10.1016/j.prostr.2023.01.082