Institute of Poldering: Meadow Under Construction

Booklet of the elective course AR0048 2014/2015 ‘Landscape Architecture ON site - being part of Oerol’, an elective course of the MSc2 - Chair of Landscape Architecture at the TU Delft.

Cost effective manufacturing processes and materials used for the construction of the Superbus

The Superbus, rendered in Figure 1, is a new concept for public transportation. It is sustainable, fast, economic, and appealing and transports passengers and goods from point to point and drives at high speed (250 km/h) on its dedicated and relatively cheap infrastructure. In this paper the material used, the cost effective tooling and...

Efficient design and manufacturing of the seats of the Superbus

The Superbus is a new public transport vehicle designed for fast, safe, comfortable, sustainable and flexible transportation. The vehicle travels at 250 km/h on its dedicated infrastructures and at conventional speed on existing roads, and transports passengers and goods from point to point, without the need to change transport during the...

Analysis of lateral dynamics and ride performance of the Superbus

Vehicle handling and stability are very important at high speeds especially when the vehicle has a weight of about 6 times a normal luxury passenger car as in the case of the Superbus which travels at 250kph. In this paper the high speed performance of the Superbus will be analyzed. First the model will be discussed. Then, a number of the...

Materials and manufacturing processes of the Superbus

The Superbus is a new public transportation non polluting, fast, economic, and appealing vehicle developed in The Netherlands as proof of concept for the implementation of a new transportation system which includes totally new infrastructure and logistics. This new vehicle is sustainable, can transport passengers and goods from point to point...

The Superbus is taking shape: Manufacturing and assembly processes for the realisation of this new vehicle

The Superbus was introduced as one of the option for the Zuiderzeelijn : a fast connection between Amsterdam and Groningen and resulted to be the best option, the others being three different types of high speed train and the magnetic levitation train. In order evaluate the feasibility of its implementation, the Dutch Ministry of Transport and...

Interior design and accessibility aspects of the Superbus

The Superbus (Fig.1) is a new public transport vehicle designed for comfortable, flexible and sustainable transportation. The Superbus, which drives at 250 km/h cruising speed on its dedicated infrastructures (the supertrack) and at conventional speed on existing roads, is safe, sustainable, and able to transport passengers and goods from point...

Preliminary Design of the "Superbus"

The present paper presents the structural design of the Superbus. First the overall requirements are described and analyzed, with respect to loads (static and dynamic), stiffness and functional requirements. In order to fulfil the relative targets, two different solutions have been defined and analyzed in the preliminary design. From those, the...

Design definition and Manufacturing of the Superbus

In this paper the structural design and the manufacturing aspects of the Superbus (Fig. 1) are presented. First the major aspects of the structural design are described alongside with the FEM model utilized. Then the materials utilized will be highlighted. Finally, the manufacturing of the various parts, namely chassis, bodywork and glazing will...