Effects of Tube Structure on the Aerodynamic Characteristics of Evacuated Tube Transport System

The tube structure is an important guarantee for the dynamic stability of the high temperature superconducting maglev-evacuated tube transport (HTS Maglev-ETT) system, it is necessary to conduct relevant research on it. Based on simulation calculations with the FLUENT software, this paper studied the influences of different tube section forms on the aerodynamic drag of maglev train in tube, as well as the pressure distribution in the tube system. In addition, the effects of the setting of cross aisle on the aerodynamic drag of maglev train and pressure fluctuation of flow field in tube were also studied. It was found that the difference in the section forms of tube has little effect on the aerodynamic drag of maglev train and pressure distribution of the tube system under low pressure; the setting of cross aisle can be helpful to reduce the aerodynamic drag of maglev train and the pressure fluctuation around the train to a certain extent. Therefore, the design of cross aisle is recommended for the HTS Maglev-ETT system.