2021/2022 - Hyperlink's First prototype This was designed so that the prototype could run along a single I-beam track mainly used in the competitions.
	2022/2023 - Hyperlink's Second prototype This was designed around the first generation of our eddy current braking system as well as our Linear Induction Motor (LIM) and focuses on being lightweight and compact.
	2023/2024 - Hyperlink's Third prototype Further design iteration from the previous year was carried out to ensure stability and implement an emergency braking system which complemented the improved eddy current braking system. Also further studies and testing were done into the LIM to improve the design.

More of our Projects

2022/2023 Biomedical Research (Designing Inclusive, Ergonomic and Safe Hyperloop Seating):

In 2022/2023 Hyperlink's Biomedical Research team conducted research into the design of seating and seatbelts for a Hyperloop pod to be able to ensure the safety of passengers within the pod moving at high speeds, as well as prioritising the effects of deceleration from these high speeds on the human body and how the seating and seatbelts must be optimally designed as well as the placement of these to reduce the risks from these and avoid injury to passengers. Therefore, different designs were compared as well as materials to ensure the seat is ergonomic as well as ensuring the seat can absorb enough of the forces applied during accelerating and decelerating to avoid harm to passengers.

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2022/2023 Biomedical Research (Researching and Designing a Suitable Electromagnetic Shield for the Hyperloop Pod):

In 2022/2023 Hyperlink's Biomedical Research team conducted research into the design of Electromagnetic shielding from the powerful magnets used within the propulsion system of the Hyperloop pod. Research was reviewed into the effects that this electromagnetic radiation could have on the human body as well as on implanted medical devices, research into the design of shielding required was conducted to determine how significant this would need to be reduce the electromagnetic radiation from possibly affecting passengers and the material required to produce this electromagnetic shield.

The materials compared were commercially pure Copper, Copper Alloy 700, Copper-Berylium Alloy, Aluminium, Stainless Steel and Silicon Carbide where the materials effectiveness was simulated on COMSOL with the source of the electromagnetic radiation coming from a linear Halbach Array.

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022/2023 Biomedical Research (Researching and Designing the Suitable Material for the Hyperloop Pod):

In 2022/2023 Hyperlink's Biomedical Research team conducted research into the suitability of material that the outer shell of the Hyperloop pod could be constructed from to be able to withstand the conditions of a vacuum. This research delved into the health and biological implications of vacuum exposure and finding a material that would ensure that no cracks would occur due to the conditions within a vacuum. 3 materials were compared which were steel, aluminium and Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymers (CFRP).

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2023/2024 Biomedical Research (Investigating the Impact of Overground and Underground Hyperloop Travel on the Spine):

In 2023/2024 Hyperlink's Biomedical Research team built upon the research conducted for the Hyperloop seating the year prior to observe how the spine would be affected at the theoretical high speeds.

A Finite Element Analysis (FEA) simulation was conducted in Abaqus on a simplified model of the lumbar spine to observe how the linear and centrifugal forces that a person would experience in a Hyperloop pod would affect the spine, and compared 2 scenarios where the first would be if the Hyperloop track would be overground, where the track was assumed to have bends and turns, and the other was if the Hyperloop track was underground, where the track was assumed to primarily run in a straight line.

The comparisons of these simulations and assumptions provided insights into spinal stresses and displacements experienced during the high speed travel of a Hyperloop pod and how these 2 methods of possible transportation would affect passengers spinal health.

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