Project Tubeflight deals with an intercity high-speed ground-transportation scheme in which air-cushion-supported vehicles propel themselves in a novel way in nonevacuated tubes. The report covers effort aimed primarily at the objective of obtaining realistic predictions of the power demands and attainable speeds of full-scale tubeflight vehicles. (Author)
Summary of Research at Rpi on Tubeflight, 15 February 1968 - 15 January 1969
1969
24 pages
Report
No indication
English