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Títol: Hyperloop frente al sector aeronáutico


Estudiants que han llegit aquest projecte:


Director/a: RUBION SARBOSA, RAQUEL DOLORES

Departament: FIS

Títol: Hyperloop frente al sector aeronáutico

Data inici oferta: 05-02-2020     Data finalització oferta: 05-10-2020



Estudis d'assignació del projecte:
    GR ENG SIST AEROESP
Tipus: Individual
 
Lloc de realització: EETAC
 
Paraules clau:
Hyperloop, sector aeronáutico, medio de transporte, rutas, coste
 
Descripció del contingut i pla d'activitats:
En este proyecto se pretende desarrollar un
estudio del Hyperloop (medio de transporte
que se basa en la utilización del vacío para
negligir el rozamiento y alcanzar velocidades
de hasta 1200 km/h) y analizar la afectación
que tendría su implementación sobre el
sector aeronáutico.
Así pues, se evaluarán los principales KPIs
de la construcción del hyperloop tales como
el coste, la seguridad y sus limitaciones,
entre otros aspectos y de esta manera, se
considerará su viabilidad, teniendo en cuenta
la trascendencia de la aviación
actualmente.
 
Overview (resum en anglès):
This document analyses the viability of construction of the Hyperloop (transport mode which uses the vacuum to cancel the atmospheric drag so it can reach transonic velocities). Taking into account that the aircraft is the pioneer transport mode in medium and long distances nowadays, a comparative with the aeronautical sector has been done.
The Hyperloop is currently being developed; it has been designed and there are some companies doing tests, but they are not the definitive ones.
To do the study, the KPIs of both the Hyperloop and aircraft have been evaluated. Following the route between Los Angeles and San Francisco described in Hyperloop Alpha, five different routes have been designed. It has been computed the cost of the infrastructure of the proposed transport network (also with the information given in Hyperloop Alpha). The cost per passenger has been also computed, taking into account the amortization of the investment and other operational costs. Finally, the sale price of the tickets has been estimated.
On the other hand, from the annual accounts report of some airlines, the cost of operating the same transport network with an aircraft has been computed.
In the end, the safety and the environmental impact of both transport modes have been analysed.
It has been concluded that, the construction of the Hyperloop is unprofitable due to its high construction cost. It has been proposed the use of electric airplanes and, for larger routes, non-polluting supersonic aircraft.
It has been considered that the Hyperloop is an attractive mode of transport due to passengers using it could save even hours during their travels and they would not contribute to the greenhouse effect. However, with so large price of the tickets, generate demand would be practically impossible.


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