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Overview

§  Hyperloop Introduction

§  Steel Track development + Student Project

§  Steel Tube development + Student Project

§  European Hyperloop Programme + Student Project

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Trends & challenges

Circular Economy Demographic and social changes Legislation

CO2 elimination Energy and power transformation Urbanization

Industry 4.0 and digital solutions Mobility Globalization / Market conditions

Digitization Design competitions

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Innovation in traditional markets

Banks
From office to internet

Aerospace
Private & reusable rocket

Automotive
Electric & autonomous
Elon Musk

Energy sector
Generation & storage

Infrastructure
Hyperloop & tunnels
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Imagine a train
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Use autonomous ‘pods’ instead

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Remove the air

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Levitate the pod with a permanent magnet

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Go straight above the ground

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Or underground when necessary

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Hyperloop concept

Concept

§  Levitated train based on Maglev principle Zero rolling resistance

§  Travel in vacuum tube Minimal air resistance

Advantages

§  Energy consumption Zero CO2 emission

§  Speed Faster than airplanes
§  Price Cheaper than trains
§  Noise Silent
§  Environment Shielded from weather

Perspective

§  Middle range transport for persons and cargo

§  Market 2000 km/yr in Europe
§  Infrastructure made of flat steel products (tube, track, auxiliary systems)
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Hyperloop events timeline

1799-1904 1905-2009 2010-2015 2016-2018

1799 – George Medhurst, 1972 – RAND Corp., designs 2010 – Foodtubes project calls for 2016 – Construction of 5km test track in
Atmospheric train Vactrain similar design (cargo) Nevada began

1904 – Robbert Goddart, 1990 – MIT designs vacuum 2013 – Elon Musk describes concept 2016 – Hyperloop One opened a
Vactrain tube train system with in interview factory for its test track
magnetic track
2013 – Hyperloop Alpha White paper 2016 – Hyperloop One announced a
2003 – ET3 designed deal with DP flagship port in Dubai
pneumatic maglev train 2015 – Hyperloop technologies
submits 9 patents on one day 2017 – Elon Musk confirms line
between NY and WDC
2015 – Hyperloop POD competition,
TU-Delft wins 2017 – Foundation start-up “Hardt”

2015 – Hyperloop One raises 125 2017 – Hyperloop One reaches 220
million investment mph on short test track

2017 – Chinese scientists propose

submarine rail with speed of 1240 mph

2017 – TNO rapport positive on test

track in Netherlands

2017 – Hyperloop One bought by

Branson (Virgin)

2018 – LOI Mumbai - Pune

2018 – LOI European Hyperloop

Programme Hardt, BAM, IHC, Tata

2018 -- The Chicago Express Loop, by

Boring Company
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TNO report ‘Hyperloop in the Netherlands’

Client
§  Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment
§  At the request of Hyperloop One and Hardt

Proposal
§  Build a 3 km long test track in Flevopolder
§  Steel tube with diameter of 3 meter
§  Open access for companies

Benefits
§  Job creation
§  Enhancement of Dutch production ecosystem
§  Contribution to social challenges, i.e. SMART mobility
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Expertise required from many different perspectives

Control

Track & Motor

Suspension

Chassis

Tube
Pump Power

Support

Communication
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The steel perspective

The relative importance of the steel infrastructure

1% 99 %
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Vision for Tata Steel

2018 2019
Tata Steel develops tube & track Tata Steel builds a 30m segment
concepts to prototype stage 4.5mØ with tracks for <50% costs
Segmented Concave Foam-filled

2017
Tata Steel makes first
contact with Hardt
Long Stator

European Hyperloop Programme

founded. Tata Steel = co-founder

2023 -
Worldwide Hyperloop
tubes & tracks are built
Based on Tata IP
European Hyperloop Programme
2020 -2023 Expanded to full scope
In Flevoland a test track is built Control

demonstrating Tata Steel IP Track & Motor

Suspension

Chassis

Tube
Pump Power

Support

Communication
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Steel track technology

Selected Suspension method

§  Electro Magnetic Suspension (versus Electro Dynamic Suspension)
§  More efficient at high speed
§  Lift does not require energy consumption
§  Hardt switching concept makes switching relatively easy
§  Track uses electrical steel

Material selection
§  Non grain oriented electrical steel (versus Grain oriented electrical steel)
§  Required for changing field direction
§  2000 km Hyperloop requires 300 kt (compare 1088 kt current EU market)

NOES
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youtube: Hardt hyperloop propulsion and levitation explained

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B-H properties linear motor

Steel track technology

Materials development
§  Magnetic property optimisation
§  Mechanical property optimisation

magnetic field

Product development
§  Longer stator
§  Track size and design
§  Topology optimisation

Production development
§  Production method of long stator
§  Efficient integration of production steps
mechanical stresses

production method
Long Stator
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9 months Student Project Initiated by Tata & Hardt

‘Topology optimisation of the linear motor’

With the use of numerical models develop a physical understanding

of the suspension and motor and propose a design that optimises between
different design criteria

1 Sept 2018 – June 2019

Application with Jeroen van Beeck: jeroen.van-beeck@tatasteeleurope.com

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Steel tube technology

Business driver
§  Due to the high speed the tube has to be very straight
§  In most locations in the world terrain is undulating (hilly)
§  A straight tube is most easily built in the air
§  Support and foundation costs scale with weight and inversely with span of tube
§  Reducing the weight and cost of the tube will significantly reduce the cost of the
hyperloop infrastructure
§  Ambition: a 50% reduction compared to spiral welded tube

Weight reduction options

§  Tube-in-tube
§  Segmented
§  Topological strength
§  Multi-material

Tube-in-tube Tube-in-tube Segmented tube Spiraled Hexacan Corrugated Polyhedral Concave Origami
with PUR With profile Expansion Joint
Concave
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Tube-in-tube
poly urethane

concept
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Tube-in-tube
corrugated tangential

concept
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Tube-in-tube
corrugated radial

concept
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Single wall
polyhedral

concept
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Single wall
segmented

concept
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Steel tube technology

FEM results on concepts
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Steel tube technology

Prototyping tubes

Sander Goos (18 years old)

'Ik werk aan een heel bijzonder project, de hyperloop'
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Steel tube technology

Prototyping test equipment

Testing to failure …
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3 months Student Team Project Initiated by Tata

‘Develop a prototype of the optimal hyperloop tube’

Hyperloop prototype tube(s) will be built and tested

with help of experts within Tata Steel and in the field

The team will consist of

-  university students
-  teachers and pupils of the Tata Steel academy
-  construction companies
-  engineering companies
-  machine factories
-  service companies
and others

1 Sept 2018 – Dec 2018

Application with Joost van der Lans: joost.van-der-lans@tatasteeleurope.com

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European Hyperloop Program

Let us join forces!

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Hardt, Tata, IHC and BAM sign Letter of Intent

Hyperloop Parties wish to create a European Hyperloop Program

in which public and private parties can participate.
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Delft Hyperloop
Tata Steel Delivered the drive of braking test system

22 juli in California
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Student Team Project Initiated by EHP

‘Determine the optimal diameter of the hyperloop tube’

Learn about construction and transport of tube

- two weeks internship in Delft @ IHC

Learn about steel tube and track construction

- two weeks internship in IJmuiden @ Tata

Learn about the challenges of building in urban & rural environment

- two weeks internship in Gouda @ BAM

Learn about passenger and pod logistics

- two weeks internship in Delft @ Hardt

Make a fact based analysis and determine

the optimal diameter for the hyperloop tube
- four week of consolidating research in Delft @ IHC

1 Sept 2018 – Dec 2018

Application with Jort van Wijk: JM.vanWijk@ihcmti.com

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Overview student projects

Steel Track development Topology optimisation of the linear motor

Jeroen van Beeck
jeroen.van-beeck@tatasteeleurope.com

Steel Tube development Develop a prototype of the optimal hyperloop tube

Joost van der Lans
joost.van-der-lans@tatasteeleurope.com

European Hyperloop Programme Determine the optimal diameter

of the hyperloop tube
Jort van Wijk
JM.vanWijk@ihcmti.com

Hyperloop, reinvention of transportation

Technology Day, 21 June 2018
Paul de Vries
General Manager Process Development Strip
Tata Steel
paul.de-vries@tatasteel.com
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Expertise required from many different perspectives

Control

Track & Motor

Suspension

Chassis

Tube
Pump Power

Support

Communication
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European Hyperloop Program

Let us join forces!

If your company or institution

§  believes that hyperloop will be a sustainable mobility solution for the future
§  wants to develop services, technologies, or products for hyperloop systems
§  wants to make a business out of supplying these services, technologies or products

Then please join the European Hyperloop Program

For more information please contact

Mars Geuze
Commercial Director at Hardt
mars@hardt.global

Hyperloop, reinvention of transportation

Technology Day, 21 June 2018
Paul de Vries
General Manager Process Development Strip
Tata Steel
paul.de-vries@tatasteel.com
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Technology Day, 21 June 2018

Paul de Vries
Tata Steel, GM Process Development Strip
paul.de-vries@tatasteeleurope.com