Vacuum tube railway system comprising a vacuum tube mounted on a ground support, a magnetic levitation railway track mounted inside a wall forming the vacuum tube for guiding a magnetic levitation railway vehicle, the vacuum tube assembled in sections along the ground support, at least some of a plurality of sections of vacuum tube being coupled together by a dilatation joint configured for hermetically sealing a dilatation gap between said sections of tube. The dilatation joint comprises at least first and second support plates mounted on an outer surface of the tube wall, a first support plate fixed to a first section of vacuum tube and a second support plate being fixed to a second section of vacuum tube, the support plates extending longitudinally over the dilatation gap over a length (L1) greater than a maximum dilatation gap (G).

Vacuum tube railway system comprising a vacuum tube mounted on a ground support, a magnetic levitation railway track mounted inside a wall forming the vacuum tube for guiding a magnetic levitation railway vehicle, the vacuum tube assembled in sections along the ground support, at least some of a plurality of sections of vacuum tube being coupled together by a dilatation joint configured for hermetically sealing a dilatation gap between said sections of tube. The dilatation joint comprises at least first and second support plates mounted on an outer surface of the tube wall, a first support plate fixed to a first section of vacuum tube and a second support plate being fixed to a second section of vacuum tube, the support plates extending longitudinally over the dilatation gap over a length (L1) greater than a maximum dilatation gap (G).

A vehicle includes a body configured to contain at least one passenger and/or cargo, and an engine, a drivetrain, and a plurality of wheels in mechanical communication with the body and configured to propel the body along road surfaces. The vehicle further includes at least one coupler or magnetic levitation interface in mechanical communication with the body. The at least one coupler or magnetic levitation interface is configured to controllably and repeatedly engage with and be propelled along a portion of a magnetic rail system or magnetic track and to controllably and repeatedly disengage from the portion of the magnetic rail system or magnetic track.

A vehicle includes a body configured to contain at least one passenger and/or cargo, and an engine, a drivetrain, and a plurality of wheels in mechanical communication with the body and configured to propel the body along road surfaces. The vehicle further includes at least one coupler or magnetic levitation interface in mechanical communication with the body. The at least one coupler or magnetic levitation interface is configured to controllably and repeatedly engage with and be propelled along a portion of a magnetic rail system or magnetic track and to controllably and repeatedly disengage from the portion of the magnetic rail system or magnetic track.

The present invention provides a crack repair material of a concrete vacuum tube segment using ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) for a hyper-speed transportation system and a crack repairing method for the same capable of, in a case in which a vacuum tube segment of a hyper-speed transportation system, such as the Hyperloop, is manufactured using UHPC, repairing cracks formed in the UHPC vacuum tube segment easily and conveniently using a crack growth prevention material and a patch repair material and capable of immediately repairing cracks formed in the UHPC vacuum tube segment to secure airtightness so that operation of a vacuum pump is minimized and overload of the vacuum pump is prevented.

A track mounting structure includes: a linear motor coil, a linear motor magnet correspondingly provided with the linear motor coil, a first track, and a trolley; wherein, the cross-section of the trolley is U-shape, the internal of the U-shape forms a mounting cavity; the first track is provided inside the mounting cavity, two groups of upper rollers being axis crossing are provided between an upper surface of the first track and an upper surface of the mounting cavity. The disclosure moves the track beneath the linear motor coil, thus increasing the available space, which can be used to increase the size and load of the trolley, so as to achieve the purpose of changing the track form and strengthening the track structure.

Therefore, a first aspect provides a brake module for a magnetically suspended vehicle. The brake module comprising a first magnetically active brake element coupled to a first brake magnet actuator comprised by the brake module. The first brake magnet actuator is arranged to control the first magnetically active element to provide a first magnetic brake field of a pre-determined magnitude at a first pre-determined location relative to the brake module, of which first magnetic brake field the first field lines are, in use, substantially horizontal and substantially perpendicular to a direction of travel of the vehicle. By providing an Eddy current brake having magnetic field components that are substantially horizontally oriented, influence of magnetic forces excited by the Eddy currents generated on the (vertical) suspension are reduced and preferably minimised.

A monorail transportation-based spatial transport system, comprising a load-bearing frame system or a load-bearing pier system. The load-bearing frame or pier system divides, by means of bent caps, the spatial transport system into at least two layers (K1, K2), the two layers (K1, K2) comprising an odd-numbered layer below the bent cap (B-1) and an even-numbered layer above said bent cap, the odd-numbered layer comprising or not comprising suspended monorail transportation, and the even-numbered layer comprising any of straddle-type transportation, magnetic levitation-type transportation, road transportation and railway transportation. The spatial transport system comprises two or more types of monorail transportation or a combination of one or more types of monorail transportation and other types of transportation, and solves the problems of intensive passenger flow, ground transportation congestion and low logistics efficiency.

A monorail transportation-based spatial transport system, comprising a load-bearing frame system or a load-bearing pier system. The load-bearing frame or pier system divides, by means of bent caps, the spatial transport system into at least two layers (K1, K2), the two layers (K1, K2) comprising an odd-numbered layer below the bent cap (B-1) and an even-numbered layer above said bent cap, the odd-numbered layer comprising or not comprising suspended monorail transportation, and the even-numbered layer comprising any of straddle-type transportation, magnetic levitation-type transportation, road transportation and railway transportation. The spatial transport system comprises two or more types of monorail transportation or a combination of one or more types of monorail transportation and other types of transportation, and solves the problems of intensive passenger flow, ground transportation congestion and low logistics efficiency.

A maglev system includes a maglev vehicle that reciprocates between a levitated state and a non-levitated state. The vehicle includes a capsule supported by a first left wheel and a corresponding first right wheel when the vehicle is in the non-levitated state. The system further includes a track having a left rail and a right rail, each of the left and right rails having a plurality of plates arranged in series. Proximate ends of adjacent plates define a joint. Each rail provides a support surface that the first left and right wheels rollingly engage when the vehicle is in the non-levitated state. The joints of the left rail are offset in a longitudinal direction from the joints of the right rail.