The European Hyperloop Center.
is an open innovation center and testing facility, located in Groningen, the Netherlands. Here, (high-tech) companies, industry, and science work together on the development of the Hyperloop. The test track will be open to any company and knowledge organization who wants to develop, demonstrate, and./or validate their (sub)system for the hyperloop or related technologies.
projects.
European Hyperloop Center Veendam
A 420m test-track to test and demonstrate the hyperloop technologies, based in the Province of Groningen. Location: HUSA Logistics, Veendam.
Infrastructure Prototype
A 30m, 1.4m diameter, prototype of the hyperloop infrastructure (INPR) to test essential core elements to build the infrastructure. Location: BuildinG (Zernike Campus).
Hyperloop Vehicle Mock-up
A mock-up vehicle and virtual reality (VR) experience to simulate and research what it would be like to travel by hyperloop. Location: Hive.Mobility (Bytesnet Groningen).
EHC Veendam.
The European Hyperloop situated on the HUSA site in Veendam. The track has a lane-switch that can be used to test the hyperloop technologies at a speed of 75-100km/h.
Key data
Length: 420m
Pipe diameter: 2.5m
Pressure in the pipe: 100pa
Speed: 75km/h turn, 100km/h straight
infrastructure
prototype.
As part of the development, a prototype of a 30m, 1.4m diameter, hyperloop infrastructure has been built at BuildinG (Zernike Campus) to test a number of essential core elements to build the infrastructure safely, quickly, and at low cost. This infrastructure prototype allows testing of the assembly process and tolerances, and compensation of influences on the pipe.
Assembly and Tolerances
The design must be built quickly with minimal impact on the construction site, but while maintaining tolerances. This prototype was made to test the assembly process. A so-called "assembly jig", designed and produced by Hardt and Mercon, ensures that all parts are placed and secured seamlessly in the pipe at the factory. secured. At the construction site the entire prefabricated pipe is installed and adjusted at the construction site.
Compensation of Influences of the Pipe
The pipe is influenced by the pressure difference with the outside air, among other things, weight of the vehicle, and temperature differences. With the expansion joint is used to compensate for thermal expansion or contraction of the pipe.
hyperloop vehicle mock-up.
An important element to test and design for is the passenger experience and social acceptance of travelling with hyperloop. But how to test these experiences without an operational hyperloop yet? We do this by combining hardware and a digital environment (VR) as a ‘mock-up’ of a hyperloop vehicle. The mock-up and testing are located in the building of Bytesnet (Zernike Campus), together with Hive.Mobility.
Goals:
To test how people experience the of the interior of the hyperloop and its physical properties
To test different properties that influence the experience of the user.
To test the effects such a created context (through mock-up and virtual environment) have on people’s perception of the hyperloop.
