Emerging Technologies in Transport Series

What Is Airless Tire Tires that do not rely on air pressure to remain inflated are referred to as airless tires, non-pneumatic tires (NPT), or flat-free tires. Some smaller vehicles, such as riding lawn mowers and powered golf carts, use them in their design. They are also used on heavy equipment like as backhoes, which are needed to work on sites such as building destruction, where there is a significant danger of tire punctures. Backhoes are one example of this kind of equipment. Wheelchairs and bicycles both have the option of having their tires constructed of a closed-cell polyurethane foam. They are also often found on wheelbarrows, which are typically employed for doing work in the yard or in construction. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Airless tire Chapter 2: Wheel Chapter 3: Tire Chapter 4: Michelin Chapter 5: Rubber-tyred metro Chapter 6: Bridgestone Chapter 7: Racing slick Chapter 8: Tweel Chapter 9: André Michelin Chapter 10: BFGoodrich Chapter 11: Siping (rubber) Chapter 12: Rim (wheel) Chapter 13: Run-flat tire Chapter 14: Flat tire Chapter 15: Tubeless tire Chapter 16: Tire maintenance Chapter 17: Bicycle tire Chapter 18: Michelin PAX System Chapter 19: Outline of tires Chapter 20: JAX Tyres Chapter 21: Inner tube (II) Answering the public top questions about airless tire. (III) Real world examples for the usage of airless tire in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of airless tire' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of airless tire.

What Is Flying Car A flying car, also known as a roadable aircraft, is a kind of vehicle that is capable of performing the duties of both a standard automobile and an airplane. In the context of this article, this refers to automobiles that may also be used on the road in the manner of motorbikes. There are occasions when hovercars are also included when people talk about flying cars. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Flying car Chapter 2: Aircraft Chapter 3: VTOL Chapter 4: Autogyro Chapter 5: CarterCopter Chapter 6: Tip jet Chapter 7: Gyrodyne Chapter 8: Rotorcraft Chapter 9: Personal air vehicle Chapter 10: Carter PAV Chapter 11: Terrafugia Transition Chapter 12: VTOL X-Plane Chapter 13: AeroMobil s.r.o. AeroMobil Chapter 14: Terrafugia TF-X Chapter 15: Krossblade Aerospace Systems Chapter 16: Lilium Jet Chapter 17: Airbus A^3 Vahana Chapter 18: Volocopter 2X Chapter 19: Beta Technologies Chapter 20: Boeing Passenger Air Vehicle Chapter 21: Klein Vision AirCar (II) Answering the public top questions about flying car. (III) Real world examples for the usage of flying car in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of flying car' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of flying car.

What Is Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit For the purpose of urban passenger transportation, the Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit system is a LiDAR-guided articulated bus system. On June 2, 2017, it was shown to the public in Zhuzhou, which is located in Hunan province. It was developed by CRRC Zhuzhou Institute Co Ltd. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit Chapter 2: Shanghai Metro Chapter 3: Shenzhen Metro Chapter 4: Tianjin Metro Chapter 5: Wuhan Metro Chapter 6: Chongqing Rail Transit Chapter 7: Chengdu Metro Chapter 8: Urban rail transit in China Chapter 9: Automatic train operation Chapter 10: Public transport in Shanghai Chapter 11: Ningbo Rail Transit Chapter 12: Kunming Metro Chapter 13: Foshan Metro Chapter 14: Nanning Metro Chapter 15: Trams in China Chapter 16: Shenzhen Tram Chapter 17: Wenzhou rail transit Chapter 18: Trams in Wuhan Chapter 19: Tianshui Tram Chapter 20: Line 2 (Chengdu Tram) Chapter 21: Shanghai Rail Transit (II) Answering the public top questions about autonomous rail rapid transit. (III) Real world examples for the usage of autonomous rail rapid transit in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of autonomous rail rapid transit' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of autonomous rail rapid transit.

What Is Ion Propelled Aircraft An aircraft that does not need combustion or moving components to create lift or propulsion in the air is known as an ion-propelled aircraft or an ionocraft. This kind of aircraft employs electrohydrodynamics, often known as EHD. The designs that are currently in use do not create enough thrust to support human flight or practical loads. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Ion-propelled aircraft Chapter 2: Ion thruster Chapter 3: Electrical phenomena Chapter 4: Thruster Chapter 5: Field-emission electric propulsion Chapter 6: Magnetohydrodynamic drive Chapter 7: Biefeld?Brown effect Chapter 8: Thomas Townsend Brown Chapter 9: Propellant Chapter 10: Corona discharge Chapter 11: Electrohydrodynamics Chapter 12: Gridded ion thruster Chapter 13: Ion wind Chapter 14: Electron avalanche Chapter 15: Electrogravitics Chapter 16: Plasma propulsion engine Chapter 17: EmDrive Chapter 18: Brush discharge Chapter 19: Wingless Electromagnetic Air Vehicle Chapter 20: Thrusters (spacecraft) Chapter 21: MIT EAD Airframe Version 2 (II) Answering the public top questions about ion propelled aircraft. (III) Real world examples for the usage of ion propelled aircraft in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of ion propelled aircraft' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of ion propelled aircraft.

What Is Fluidic Flight Controls The use of a fluid to carry out analog or digital operations in a manner analogous to that which is carried out with electrical devices is known as fluidics or fluidic logic. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Fluidics Chapter 2: Electronics Chapter 3: Electronic oscillator Chapter 4: Amplifier Chapter 5: Feedback Chapter 6: Transistor Chapter 7: Vacuum tube Chapter 8: Transistor-transistor logic Chapter 9: Tetrode Chapter 10: Pneumatics Chapter 11: Ventilator Chapter 12: List of Nikola Tesla patents Chapter 13: Hartley oscillator Chapter 14: Check valve Chapter 15: Aircraft flight control system Chapter 16: Hydraulic machinery Chapter 17: Electronic component Chapter 18: Electronic circuit Chapter 19: Tesla valve Chapter 20: Electronic engineering Chapter 21: Glossary of electrical and electronics engineering (II) Answering the public top questions about fluidic flight controls. (III) Real world examples for the usage of fluidic flight controls in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of fluidic flight controls' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of fluidic flight controls.

What Is Adaptive Compliant Wing A wing known as an adaptive compliant wing is one that is pliable enough to allow for some features of its form to be altered while the aircraft is in motion. The advantages of having flexible wings are many. The operation of conventional flight control devices often involves the use of hinges, which may result in interruptions to the airflow, vortices, and even, in certain instances, separation of the airflow. These factors add to the drag that the airplane experiences, which in turn leads to decreased efficiency and increased expenses for fuel. Aerofoils that are flexible have the ability to alter aerodynamic forces while causing less disturbances to the flow of air. This results in reduced aerodynamic drag, which leads to increased fuel efficiency. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Adaptive compliant wing Chapter 2: Wing Chapter 3: Aeroelasticity Chapter 4: Airfoil Chapter 5: Elevon Chapter 6: Aircraft flight control system Chapter 7: Elevator (aeronautics) Chapter 8: Flap (aeronautics) Chapter 9: Wing warping Chapter 10: Flaperon Chapter 11: Spoileron Chapter 12: Variable-camber wing Chapter 13: Camber (aerodynamics) Chapter 14: Boeing X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing Chapter 15: Parker variable wing Chapter 16: Wingsail Chapter 17: Wing configuration Chapter 18: Leading-edge slat Chapter 19: Flexible wing Chapter 20: Adaptive compliant trailing edge Chapter 21: General Dynamics-Boeing AFTI/F-111A Aardvark (II) Answering the public top questions about adaptive compliant wing. (III) Real world examples for the usage of adaptive compliant wing in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of adaptive compliant wing' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of adaptive compliant wing.

What Is Active Aeroelastic Wing The X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing (AAW) development program is an American research project that has been completed. This project was carried out jointly by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Boeing Phantom Works, and NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center. At NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, the technology was flight tested on a modified McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet. Active Aeroelastic Wing Technology is a technology that blends the aerodynamics, controls, and structure of a wing in order to harness and regulate the aeroelastic twist that a wing experiences under dynamic stresses and high speeds. The use of multiple leading and trailing edge controls, such as "aerodynamic tabs," enables subtle amounts of aeroelastic twist to be controlled to provide large amounts of wing control power, while simultaneously minimizing maneuver air loads under high wing strain conditions or aerodynamic drag under low wing strain conditions. This is accomplished while maintaining a balance between the two extremes of wing strain conditions. This operation served as the very first demonstration of AAW technology on a large scale. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Active Aeroelastic Wing Chapter 2: Aileron Chapter 3: Aeroelasticity Chapter 4: Elevon Chapter 5: NASA X-43 Chapter 6: List of experimental aircraft Chapter 7: Boeing X-45 Chapter 8: Grumman X-29 Chapter 9: Air Force Research Laboratory Chapter 10: Boeing X-48 Chapter 11: Elevator (aeronautics) Chapter 12: Flap (aeronautics) Chapter 13: United States Air Force Stability and Control Digital DATCOM Chapter 14: Leading-edge cuff Chapter 15: Flaperon Chapter 16: Spoileron Chapter 17: McDonnell Douglas F-15 STOL/MTD Chapter 18: Boeing X-51 Waverider Chapter 19: Adaptive compliant wing Chapter 20: Leading-edge slat Chapter 21: General Dynamics-Boeing AFTI/F-111A Aardvark (II) Answering the public top questions about boeing x53 active aeroelastic wing. (III) Real world examples for the usage of boeing x53 active aeroelastic wing in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of boeing x53 active aeroelastic wing' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of boeing x53 active aeroelastic wing.

What Is Fusion Rocket The concept of a fusion rocket refers to a theoretical design for a rocket that would be powered by fusion propulsion. Such a rocket would be able to offer effective and continuous acceleration in space without the need to carry a significant amount of fuel. The concept calls for fusion power technology that is beyond the capability of today's systems, as well as rockets that are far bigger and more sophisticated. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Fusion rocket Chapter 2: Interstellar travel Chapter 3: Interplanetary spaceflight Chapter 4: Spacecraft propulsion Chapter 5: Nuclear thermal rocket Chapter 6: Gaseous fission reactor Chapter 7: Nuclear salt-water rocket Chapter 8: Bussard ramjet Chapter 9: Antimatter rocket Chapter 10: Nuclear pulse propulsion Chapter 11: Antimatter-catalyzed nuclear pulse propulsion Chapter 12: Robert W. Bussard Chapter 13: Project Orion (nuclear propulsion) Chapter 14: Nuclear propulsion Chapter 15: Project Daedalus Chapter 16: Project Longshot Chapter 17: Interstellar probe Chapter 18: Spacecraft electric propulsion Chapter 19: Project Valkyrie Chapter 20: Gas core reactor rocket Chapter 21: Direct Fusion Drive (II) Answering the public top questions about fusion rocket. (III) Real world examples for the usage of fusion rocket in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of fusion rocket' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of fusion rocket.

What Is Hovertrain A hovertrain is a kind of high-speed train that substitutes traditional steel wheels with hovercraft lift pads. Additionally, the standard railway bed is replaced with a paved road-like surface that is known as the track or guideway. The purpose of the idea is to reduce the complexity of the infrastructure required to install new lines while simultaneously eliminating rolling resistance and enabling very high performance. The word "hovertrain" is more of a general phrase, and the specific vehicles are often called to by the project titles under which they were created. In the United Kingdom, these vehicles are referred to as tracked hovercraft, whereas in the United States, they are known as tracked air-cushion vehicles. In France, Jean Bertin (1917-1975) was the first person to design a hovertrain. In France, these trains were marketed as the Aérotrain until the French government decided to terminate the project. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Hovertrain Chapter 2: Linear motor Chapter 3: High-speed rail Chapter 4: Hovercraft Chapter 5: Transrapid Chapter 6: Streamliner Chapter 7: Maglev Chapter 8: Hovercar Chapter 9: Surface effect ship Chapter 10: Aérotrain Chapter 11: Railway speed record Chapter 12: Ground effect train Chapter 13: Development of the TGV Chapter 14: URBA mass transport system Chapter 15: Transpo '72 Chapter 16: Turbojet train Chapter 17: ROMAG Chapter 18: Tracked Hovercraft Chapter 19: Krauss-Maffei Transurban Chapter 20: Magnetic river Chapter 21: Otis Hovair (II) Answering the public top questions about hovertrain. (III) Real world examples for the usage of hovertrain in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of hovertrain' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of hovertrain.

What Is Hoverbike A vehicle that is able to hover, like a flying motorcycle, and having at least two propulsive sections, one in front of and one behind the driver, is referred to as a hoverbike. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Hoverbike Chapter 2: Flying car Chapter 3: Motorcycle Chapter 4: Speeder bike Chapter 5: Hoverboard Chapter 6: Types of motorcycles Chapter 7: Motorized bicycle Chapter 8: Electric bicycle Chapter 9: Motorcycling Chapter 10: BMW C1 Chapter 11: Motorcycle stunt riding Chapter 12: History of the motorcycle Chapter 13: Worldwide Aeros Corp Chapter 14: Colin Furze Chapter 15: Uno (dicycle) Chapter 16: Fire bike Chapter 17: Outline of motorcycles and motorcycling Chapter 18: Aero-X Chapter 19: Tactical Robotics Cormorant Chapter 20: Malloy Hoverbike Chapter 21: Zef Eisenberg (II) Answering the public top questions about hoverbike. (III) Real world examples for the usage of hoverbike in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of hoverbike' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of hoverbike.

What Is Ground Effect Train An alternative to a magnetic levitation train (sometimes known as a maglev train) is a ground effect train. In both scenarios, avoiding the vehicle making contact with the ground should be the primary focus of the driver. While a maglev train does this via the utilization of magnetism, a ground effect train does so through the utilization of an air cushion, either in the manner of a hovercraft or by the utilization of the "wing-in-ground-effect" design. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Ground effect train Chapter 2: Linear motor Chapter 3: Propulsion Chapter 4: Hovercraft Chapter 5: Transrapid Chapter 6: Linear induction motor Chapter 7: Electrodynamic suspension Chapter 8: Levitation Chapter 9: Hoverboard Chapter 10: Inductrack Chapter 11: Maglev Chapter 12: Hovercar Chapter 13: Aérotrain Chapter 14: Electromagnetic suspension Chapter 15: SCMaglev Chapter 16: Turbojet train Chapter 17: ROMAG Chapter 18: Tracked Hovercraft Chapter 19: Hovertrain Chapter 20: Otis Hovair Chapter 21: Magnetic levitation (II) Answering the public top questions about ground effect train. (III) Real world examples for the usage of ground effect train in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of ground effect train' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of ground effect train.

What Is Ground Level Power Supply In the concept and group of technologies known as ground-level power supply (also known as surface current collection or, in French, alimentation par le sol), electric vehicles collect electric power at ground level from individually powered segments as opposed to the more common overhead power lines. The usage of a power supply located at ground level has been done largely for aesthetic reasons. In the latter part of the 2010s, it began to compete well with the overhead lines in terms of cost. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Ground-level power supply Chapter 2: Tram Chapter 3: Light rail Chapter 4: Overhead line Chapter 5: Third rail Chapter 6: Alstom Citadis Chapter 7: Pantograph (transport) Chapter 8: Conduit current collection Chapter 9: Bombardier Guided Light Transit Chapter 10: Tramway track Chapter 11: History of trams Chapter 12: Stud contact system Chapter 13: Reims tramway Chapter 14: Current collector Chapter 15: Rubber-tyred tram Chapter 16: Trams in France Chapter 17: Road-powered electric vehicle Chapter 18: Torquay Tramways Chapter 19: Rio de Janeiro Light Rail Chapter 20: Acumulador de Carga R-pida Chapter 21: Alstom APS (II) Answering the public top questions about ground level power supply. (III) Real world examples for the usage of ground level power supply in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of ground level power supply' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of ground level power supply.

What Is Jet Pack The equipment known as a jet pack, rocket belt, or rocket pack is worn on the back and employs jets of gas or liquid to propel the user through the air. Other names for this kind of gadget are rocket pack and rocket belt. The idea has been a staple in the genre of science fiction for almost to a century, but it didn't start gaining traction until the 1960s. Real jet packs have been developed using a variety of different mechanisms, but their applications are significantly more restricted than those of their fictional counterparts due to the difficulties presented by the Earth's atmosphere, gravity, the low energy density of usable fuels, and the fact that the human body is not suited to flight. Real jet packs are primarily used for stunts. As a result of the apparent lack of gravity and the absence of an environment that generates friction, the jet pack has found a useful use in extra-vehicular exercises performed by astronauts in space. A system that enhances a person's maneuverability and includes a jet pack as well as accompanying jets that are mounted to the arms is referred to as a jet suit. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Jet pack Chapter 2: Jet engine Chapter 3: Ramjet Chapter 4: Aircraft engine Chapter 5: Jet aircraft Chapter 6: Turbojet Chapter 7: Scramjet Chapter 8: Rocket engine Chapter 9: Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket Chapter 10: Propelling nozzle Chapter 11: Airplane Chapter 12: Bell Rocket Belt Chapter 13: Yves Rossy Chapter 14: Air turborocket Chapter 15: Armstrong Siddeley Snarler Chapter 16: Airbreathing jet engine Chapter 17: Powered aircraft Chapter 18: Flyboard Chapter 19: Société d'Etudes pour la Propulsion par Réaction Chapter 20: JetLev Chapter 21: Wendell F. Moore (II) Answering the public top questions about jet pack. (III) Real world examples for the usage of jet pack in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of jet pack' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of jet pack.

What Is Atmospheric Satellite An aircraft that operates in the atmosphere at high altitudes for extended periods of time in order to provide services that are traditionally provided by an artificial satellite orbiting in space is referred to as an atmospheric satellite, which is a marketing term. Another term for this type of aircraft is a pseudo-satellite. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Atmospheric satellite Chapter 2: Aerobot Chapter 3: Unmanned aerial vehicle Chapter 4: NASA Pathfinder Chapter 5: AeroVironment Chapter 6: History of unmanned aerial vehicles Chapter 7: Electric aircraft Chapter 8: NASA ERAST Program Chapter 9: General Atomics Altus Chapter 10: Airbus Zephyr Chapter 11: DRDO Rustom Chapter 12: AeroVironment Helios Prototype Chapter 13: Aurora Flight Sciences Chapter 14: Boeing Phantom Eye Chapter 15: AeroVironment Global Observer Chapter 16: NASA Centurion Chapter 17: AirStrato Chapter 18: Facebook Aquila Chapter 19: Aurora Odysseus Chapter 20: HAPSMobile Chapter 21: BAE Systems PHASA-35 (II) Answering the public top questions about atmospheric satellite. (III) Real world examples for the usage of atmospheric satellite in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of atmospheric satellite' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of atmospheric satellite.

What Is Mass Driver The linear motor of a mass driver or electromagnetic catapult would be used to accelerate and catapult payloads up to high speeds. This non-rocket technique of spacelaunch is referred to as a mass driver or electromagnetic catapult. The electromagnets that are used in mass drivers both already in use and those that are being considered employ coils of wire that are activated by electricity. However, a rotary mass driver has also been suggested. The acceleration of a payload along a route is achieved by firing a sequence of electromagnets in sequential order. The momentum of the payload causes it to continue moving even after it has left the route. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Mass driver Chapter 2: Rocket Chapter 3: Spacecraft propulsion Chapter 4: Ion thruster Chapter 5: Pulsed plasma thruster Chapter 6: Beam-powered propulsion Chapter 7: Fusion rocket Chapter 8: Projectile Chapter 9: Railgun Chapter 10: Propellant Chapter 11: Coilgun Chapter 12: Orbital maneuver Chapter 13: Space gun Chapter 14: Momentum exchange tether Chapter 15: Launch loop Chapter 16: Plasma propulsion engine Chapter 17: Spacecraft electric propulsion Chapter 18: Reaction engine Chapter 19: Non-rocket spacelaunch Chapter 20: Field propulsion Chapter 21: Ram accelerator (II) Answering the public top questions about mass driver. (III) Real world examples for the usage of mass driver in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of mass driver' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of mass driver.

What Is Personal Rapid Transit Personal rapid transit (PRT), also known as podcars or guided/railed taxis, is a form of public transportation that utilizes small automated vehicles and operates them on a network of specially built guideways. Other names for this type of transportation include personal rapid transit (PRT) and guided/railed taxis. Automated guideway transit (AGT) is a kind of system that also comprises bigger vehicles and extends all the way down to smaller subway systems. PRT falls under the AGT category. When it comes to the paths that it takes, it leans more like personal public transportation systems. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Personal rapid transit Chapter 2: People mover Chapter 3: Automated guideway transit Chapter 4: Passenger rail terminology Chapter 5: Cabinentaxi Chapter 6: Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit Chapter 7: ULTra (rapid transit) Chapter 8: Headway Chapter 9: SEA Underground Chapter 10: Cable Liner Chapter 11: Vought Airtrans Chapter 12: Ford ACT Chapter 13: Alden staRRcar Chapter 14: ROMAG Chapter 15: Computer-controlled Vehicle System Chapter 16: Public transport Chapter 17: Krauss-Maffei Transurban Chapter 18: Dashaveyor Chapter 19: Minitram Chapter 20: List of automated transit networks suppliers Chapter 21: Unbuilt Rosemont personal rapid transit system (II) Answering the public top questions about personal rapid transit. (III) Real world examples for the usage of personal rapid transit in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of personal rapid transit' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of personal rapid transit.

What Is Magnetic Levitation A technique known as magnetic levitation (sometimes spelled maglev) or magnetic suspension is one in which an item is held in suspension using just magnetic fields and no external support. The effects of gravitational force and any other forces may be nullified by using the magnetic force as a counterforce. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Magnetic levitation Chapter 2: Diamagnetism Chapter 3: Magnetism Chapter 4: Magnet Chapter 5: Meissner effect Chapter 6: Electromagnet Chapter 7: Magnetic susceptibility Chapter 8: Superconducting magnet Chapter 9: Eddy current Chapter 10: Earnshaw's theorem Chapter 11: Electrodynamic suspension Chapter 12: Levitation Chapter 13: Magnetic bearing Chapter 14: Permeability (electromagnetism) Chapter 15: Maglev Chapter 16: Electromagnetic shielding Chapter 17: Pyrolytic carbon Chapter 18: Electromagnetic suspension Chapter 19: SCMaglev Chapter 20: Spin-stabilized magnetic levitation Chapter 21: Flux pumping (II) Answering the public top questions about magnetic levitation. (III) Real world examples for the usage of magnetic levitation in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of magnetic levitation' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of magnetic levitation.

What Is Backpack Helicopter A backpack helicopter is a motor, rotor, and controls assembly for a helicopter that can be attached to a person's back. This allows the person to walk about on the ground while wearing the backpack helicopter, and then use the backpack helicopter to fly. A harness similar to one used for a parachute is used, and there should also be a strap running between the legs. In certain designs, the amount of upward force may be increased by using a ducted fan design. There have been a number of attempts made to create backpack helicopters, with varying degrees of success. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Backpack helicopter Chapter 2: VTOL Chapter 3: Jet pack Chapter 4: List of rotorcraft Chapter 5: Hiller YH-32 Hornet Chapter 6: Helicopter flight controls Chapter 7: SoloTrek XFV Chapter 8: Helicopter rotor Chapter 9: Tip jet Chapter 10: Quadcopter Chapter 11: Gyrodyne Chapter 12: Steam rocket Chapter 13: Rotorcraft Chapter 14: Helicopter Chapter 15: Yves Rossy Chapter 16: Aerospace General Mini-Copter Chapter 17: Gyrodyne RON Rotorcycle Chapter 18: Martin Jetpack Chapter 19: Solution F/Chretien Helicopter Chapter 20: Hoppi-Copter Chapter 21: Nagler-Rolz NR 54 (II) Answering the public top questions about backpack helicopter. (III) Real world examples for the usage of backpack helicopter in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of backpack helicopter' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of backpack helicopter.

What Is Vactrain A vactrain is a conceptual design for an extremely high-speed rail vehicle that is currently under consideration. It is a maglev line that operates in tubes or tunnels that are only partially evacuated. Because of the decreased air resistance, vactrains may be able to move at very high (hypersonic) speeds with just a little amount of power, reaching speeds of up to 6,400-8,000 km/h (4,000-5,000 mph). This is five to six times the speed of sound in the atmosphere of the Earth as measured at sea level. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Vactrain Chapter 2: Pneumatic tube Chapter 3: Transrapid Chapter 4: List of proposed future transport Chapter 5: Inductrack Chapter 6: Maglev Chapter 7: Atmospheric railway Chapter 8: Transatlantic tunnel Chapter 9: Beach Pneumatic Transit Chapter 10: Gravity-vacuum transit Chapter 11: High-speed rail in India Chapter 12: StarTram Chapter 13: ET3 Global Alliance Chapter 14: Magnetic levitation Chapter 15: Hyperloop Chapter 16: Virgin Hyperloop Chapter 17: Hyperloop pod competition Chapter 18: Keio Alpha Chapter 19: The Boring Company Chapter 20: TransPod Chapter 21: Arrivo (II) Answering the public top questions about vactrain. (III) Real world examples for the usage of vactrain in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of vactrain' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of vactrain.

What Is Physical Internet The term "Physical Internet" comes from the field of transportation and refers to the combination of digital transportation networks that are now being deployed to replace physical road networks.Around the same time in 2011, the Physical Internet Initiative encouraged research endeavors.Around the year 2018, the site of the effort has been referring to a blog site that promotes the marketing phrase big data. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Physical Internet Chapter 2: Internet protocol suite Chapter 3: OSI model Chapter 4: Freight transport Chapter 5: Packet switching Chapter 6: Containerization Chapter 7: Port Chapter 8: Intermodal container Chapter 9: National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom) Chapter 10: ARPANET Chapter 11: Bob Kahn Chapter 12: Donald Davies Chapter 13: Jawaharlal Nehru Port Chapter 14: Computer network Chapter 15: Routing protocol Chapter 16: Smart transducer Chapter 17: Internet of things Chapter 18: Smart city Chapter 19: Fourth Industrial Revolution Chapter 20: Smart port Chapter 21: Crowdshipping (II) Answering the public top questions about physical internet. (III) Real world examples for the usage of physical internet in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of physical internet' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of physical internet.

What Is Self Driving Car A car that incorporates vehicular automation is referred to as a self-driving car, autonomous vehicle (AV), autonomous car, driver-less car, or robotic car (robo-car). This refers to a ground vehicle that is capable of sensing its surroundings and moving safely with little or no input from a human driver. Other names for a self-driving car include driver-less car, robotic car (robo-car), and autonomous vehicle (AV). How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Self-driving car Chapter 2: Vehicular automation Chapter 3: Velodyne Lidar Chapter 4: Waymo Chapter 5: Mobileye Chapter 6: History of self-driving cars Chapter 7: Apple electric car project Chapter 8: Robotaxi Chapter 9: Tesla Autopilot Chapter 10: Ottomotto Chapter 11: Anthony Levandowski Chapter 12: Self-driving car liability Chapter 13: kar-go Chapter 14: Cruise (autonomous vehicle) Chapter 15: Lane centering Chapter 16: Self-driving truck Chapter 17: Yandex self-driving car Chapter 18: Criticism of Tesla, Inc. Chapter 19: Aurora Innovation Chapter 20: Impact of self-driving cars Chapter 21: Woven Planet Holdings (II) Answering the public top questions about self driving car. (III) Real world examples for the usage of self driving car in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of self driving car' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of self driving car.

What Is Scooter Sharing System A scooter-sharing system is a kind of shared transportation that makes electric motorized scooters accessible for hire on a short-term basis. Users may borrow a scooter for as little as an hour. E-scooters are often "dockless," which means that they do not have a permanent residence and must be returned to and picked up from various points within the service area. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Scooter-sharing system Chapter 2: Bicycle-sharing system Chapter 3: Transportation in the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter 4: Motorized scooter Chapter 5: Shared transport Chapter 6: Last mile (transportation) Chapter 7: Bay Wheels Chapter 8: Bolt (company) Chapter 9: Baltimore Bike Share Chapter 10: Lime (transportation company) Chapter 11: Spin (company) Chapter 12: Jump (transportation company) Chapter 13: Euwyn Poon Chapter 14: Scoot Networks Chapter 15: Bird (transportation company) Chapter 16: Gotcha (company) Chapter 17: Micromobility Chapter 18: Bounce Scooter Share Chapter 19: Helbiz Chapter 20: Yulu (transportation company) Chapter 21: Dott (transportation company) (II) Answering the public top questions about scooter sharing system. (III) Real world examples for the usage of scooter sharing system in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of scooter sharing system' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of scooter sharing system.

What Is Propellant Depot An orbital propellant depot is a cache of propellant that is put in orbit above Earth or another body to enable spacecraft or the transfer stage of the spacecraft to be fuelled in space. This may be accomplished via the use of an orbital propellant depot. It is one of the several sorts of space resource depots that have been suggested for the purpose of making infrastructure-based space exploration possible.There are many different depot concepts, and these concepts vary depending on the kind of fuel that needs to be supplied, the location of the depot, or the kind of depot itself. A propellant tanker that delivers a single load to a spacecraft at a particular orbital location and then departs is one example of a type of depot that exists. There is no rule that says fuel stores have to be situated close to or even on board a space station. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Propellant depot Chapter 2: Monopropellant rocket Chapter 3: Robotic spacecraft Chapter 4: Centaur (rocket stage) Chapter 5: Solar thermal rocket Chapter 6: Delta IV Chapter 7: RL10 Chapter 8: Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Chapter 9: Launch vehicle Chapter 10: United Launch Alliance Chapter 11: Slosh dynamics Chapter 12: Parking orbit Chapter 13: Advanced Cryogenic Evolved Stage Chapter 14: Space Infrastructure Servicing Chapter 15: Mission Extension Vehicle Chapter 16: Launch Services Program Chapter 17: Space tug Chapter 18: Propulsive fluid accumulator Chapter 19: Robotic Refueling Mission Chapter 20: Green Propellant Infusion Mission Chapter 21: LOXSAT (II) Answering the public top questions about propellant depot. (III) Real world examples for the usage of propellant depot in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of propellant depot' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of propellant depot.

What Is Space Elevator One concept for a transportation system that would link planets to space is called a space elevator. A cable that is attached to the surface and extends into space would be the primary component of this system. Without the need for huge rockets, the architecture of the system would enable vehicles to ascend the cable from the surface of a planetary body, such as the surface of the Earth, and enter orbit directly. Because of the enormous weight, a space elevator based on Earth could not simply be a tall tower supported from below. Instead, it would consist of a cable with one end attached to the surface near the equator and the other end attached to a counterweight in space beyond geostationary orbit. This would allow the elevator to move between the surface and the counterweight. The opposing forces of gravity, which is stronger at the lower end, and the upward centrifugal force, which is stronger at the upper end, would result in the cable being held up, under tension, and stationary over a single position on Earth. Gravity is stronger at the lower end, while the upward centrifugal force is stronger at the upper end. After the tether has been deployed, climbers will be able to use mechanical methods to repeatedly ascend and descend the tether in order to release their payload into and out of orbit. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Space elevator Chapter 2: Interplanetary spaceflight Chapter 3: The Fountains of Paradise Chapter 4: Counterweight Chapter 5: Skyhook (structure) Chapter 6: Lunar space elevator Chapter 7: Megascale engineering Chapter 8: Yuri Artsutanov Chapter 9: Momentum exchange tether Chapter 10: Launch loop Chapter 11: Orbital ring Chapter 12: Globus Cassus Chapter 13: Space elevators in fiction Chapter 14: Specific strength Chapter 15: Gravity of Earth Chapter 16: Non-rocket spacelaunch Chapter 17: Space elevator safety Chapter 18: Space elevator construction Chapter 19: Space tether Chapter 20: Space elevator competitions Chapter 21: Hypothetical technology (II) Answering the public top questions about space elevator. (III) Real world examples for the usage of space elevator in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of space elevator' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of space elevator.

What Is Vehicular Communication Systems Computer networks known as vehicular communication systems consist of communicating nodes located in cars and roadside devices. These nodes share information with one another, including safety alerts and traffic data, as part of the network. They have the potential to be useful in reducing the occurrence of accidents and alleviating congestion. Each kind of node is a device that is intended only for use in dedicated short-range communications (DSRC). The DSRC operates in the 5.9 GHz band and has a bandwidth of 75 MHz. Its range is about 300 meters (980 ft). Intelligent transportation systems often include the development of vehicular communications as one of its components (ITS). How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Vehicular communication systems Chapter 2: Intelligent transportation system Chapter 3: Telematics Chapter 4: Advanced driver-assistance system Chapter 5: Dedicated short-range communications Chapter 6: Cognitive radio Chapter 7: IEEE 802.11p Chapter 8: Vehicular ad hoc network Chapter 9: Wireless ad hoc network Chapter 10: Intelligent vehicular ad hoc network Chapter 11: Communications Access for Land Mobiles Chapter 12: Mobile Slotted Aloha Chapter 13: Connected car Chapter 14: Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control Chapter 15: Bernhard Walke Chapter 16: Techniques for Verification of Broadcast Information in Vehicular Ad hoc Networks Chapter 17: Vehicle-to-everything Chapter 18: 5G Automotive Association Chapter 19: Cellular V2X Chapter 20: Petros A. Ioannou Chapter 21: Internet of vehicles (II) Answering the public top questions about vehicular communication systems. (III) Real world examples for the usage of vehicular communication systems in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of vehicular communication systems' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of vehicular communication systems.

What Is Spaceplane A vehicle that is capable of flying and gliding like an airplane while in the atmosphere of Earth and maneuvering like a spacecraft while in space is referred to as a spaceplane. In order to do this, spaceplanes need to include aspects of both aviation and spacecraft into their design. Sub-orbital spaceplanes often resemble fixed-wing aircraft more than orbital spaceplanes do, whereas orbital spaceplanes tend to be more analogous to conventional spacecraft. Rockets have been used to power every spaceplane that has ever flown, but gliders have been used to land them. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Spaceplane Chapter 2: Human spaceflight Chapter 3: Buran programme Chapter 4: Spacecraft Chapter 5: Spaceflight Chapter 6: Lifting body Chapter 7: Human spaceflight programs Chapter 8: Reusable launch system Chapter 9: Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar Chapter 10: Lockheed Martin X-33 Chapter 11: Boeing X-37 Chapter 12: Dream Chaser Chapter 13: Launch vehicle Chapter 14: List of crewed spacecraft Chapter 15: Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle Chapter 16: Buran (spacecraft) Chapter 17: USA-212 Chapter 18: Takeoff and landing Chapter 19: XS-1 (spacecraft) Chapter 20: Space Rider Chapter 21: SNC Demo-1 (II) Answering the public top questions about spaceplane. (III) Real world examples for the usage of spaceplane in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of spaceplane' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of spaceplane.