Figure 6. Hyperloop passenger transport capsule conceptual design rendering. The vehicle is streamlined to reduce drag and features a compressor at the leading face to ingest oncoming air for levitation and to a lesser extent propulsion. Aerodynamic simulations have demonstrated the validity of this ‘compressor within a tube’ concept (Figure 7). Figure 7. Streamlines for capsule traveling at high subsonic velocities inside Hyperloop.

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