The Hyperloop vehicle is a conceptual mode of transportation in which a pod travels at high speed through a low-pressure tunnel to minimize the aerodynamic drag. In the current paper, an aerodynamic design procedure of the Hyperloop vehicle for a design competition on a half-scale track is proposed and developed. The design process consists of a preliminary one-dimensional analysis of the pod through a reduced-flow model followed by a differential evolution multi-objective optimization coupled with a two-dimensional computational-fluid-dynamics solver. Finally, the optimal and initial designs are evaluated with three-dimensional simulations. Two main aerodynamic design objectives were evaluated to explore different conceptual ideas. One design focused on the ability to generate a certain amount of lift to mitigate the responsibility of the main levitation system, whereas the second design targeted the minimization of the aerodynamic drag to reduce the propulsion requirements.
Aerodynamic Design and Analysis of the Hyperloop
AIAA Journal ; 55 , 12 ; 4053-4060
2017-12-01
Conference paper , Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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