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    • L Offline
      liam887
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      @solo said:

      I agree, if it ever was to be built I doubt they would have windows due to costs alone, I also believe each train would have it's own seperated tube as I cannot imagine what it would be like if two trains passed each other travelling at 1200Mph.

      3 hours from New York to London sounds great however, never happen in my lifetime.

      I would also imagine the train would have to pass through many airlocks along the way (without slowing down of course) imagine if there was a leak you would be better isolating that small section of tunnel rather than the whole thing!

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        solo
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        You are right, I recycled an old scene, figured there is no point creating something I already have, in fact I have used that scene for another project in Portland also.
        Being a hypothetical project and the emphasis on the tunnel I can get away with it, not to mention the cost in setup it saves.

        I used Vue for the exterior (underwater) and Thea for the interior, I saved a HDRi of the Vue scene to use in Thea so it looks like the same environment.

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          numbthumb
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          Recycled or not, it still looks excellent. Is that the same HDRi generously shared here?

          Comfortably numb...

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          • DanielD Offline
            Daniel
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            Excellent, Herr Solo.
            The struts supporting the tube look flimsy for such a structure, especially considering the stresses produced from such high speed trains.

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              Khai
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              @daniel said:

              Excellent, Herr Solo.
              The struts supporting the tube look flimsy for such a structure, especially considering the stresses produced from such high speed trains.

              think the other way round. they wouldn't be keeping the tunnel up, rather the tunnel down....

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                liam887
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                some materials could be strong enough and still be that thin, carbon nano-tubing maybe?

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                • soloS Offline
                  solo
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                  I'm guessing by the time we are ready to build something like this, which will by far be mans biggest engineering project ever we will use the cutting edge technology and materials available at the time, like spider silk cables (cannot rust and strongest) light weight aerated concretes, carbon tube rebar, etc.

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                  • Rich O BrienR Offline
                    Rich O Brien Moderator
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                    5hrs on plane with the possibility of escaping a malfuntion. Or 3hrs on a train that if trouble starts i'm goosed. I'll take the plane anyday.

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                      Marian
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                      @unknownuser said:

                      5hrs on plane with the possibility of escaping a malfuntion.

                      Rich, do you carry a parachute with you when you fly? You should give us some pointers on how to pass it through security. πŸ˜„

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                        liam887
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                        @marian said:

                        @unknownuser said:

                        5hrs on plane with the possibility of escaping a malfuntion.

                        Rich, do you carry a parachute with you when you fly? You should give us some pointers on how to pass it through security. πŸ˜„

                        Your actually allowed to take a parachute in most commercial airlines I think!?!

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                        • Rich O BrienR Offline
                          Rich O Brien Moderator
                          last edited by

                          Well, if a plane losing both engines it can still ditch. If it loses flight controls it can be guided by engine power. And aerodynamics isn't gonna change as it's a law of fluids.

                          Now for my train arguement....

                          what if a big fat whale and a giant squid decide to fight on top of the tunnel. well?......huh? Not so safe now is it? πŸ‘

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                            Khai
                            last edited by

                            seal the section ends, blow the explosive bolts and take the section up to the surface (I'd assume surface pressure in the trains so you'd only have to account for equalizing the tunnel on the way up)... extend radio mast and transmit SOS...

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                              solo
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                              I dunno Rich, the tunnel is 100 ft below water surface, it's electric and fast. I'm guessing it will be cheaper and safer, there can be as many as 50 trains at a given time with 1000 plus passengers travelling to and from New York.
                              Another advantage is faster cheaper shipping, we all win there.

                              The tension cables are computer controlled and there is a sway tolerance, should a blind whale hit it, I doubt anything will come of it, a submarine is another story, however terrorism will always be all human transports biggest worry.

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                                Marian
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                                @unknownuser said:

                                Well, if a plane losing both engines it can still ditch. If it loses flight controls it can be guided by engine power. And aerodynamics isn't gonna change as it's a law of fluids.

                                I know...I was just ignoring those in an attempt at being funny..oh well πŸ˜›

                                @unknownuser said:

                                what if a big fat whale and a giant squid decide to fight on top of the tunnel. well?......huh? Not so safe now is it?

                                They would just call Arnold Schwarzenegger, save the day and make a movie in the process. πŸ˜›

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                                  olishea
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                                  yeah i saw that a while back....would be one hell of a trip! although the figures involved in manufacturing were huge....every single steel works in the world working 24 hours a day to produce enough steel! 😲

                                  oli

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                                      mitcorb
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                                      Just get Chuck Norris to whup up on them whales and squids, long as we're puttin' in multi-thousand mile tunnels and such.

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                                        Catmando
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                                        The cables should be made of carbon nanotube fibers. πŸ˜‰

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                                          @olishea said:

                                          yeah i saw that a while back....would be one hell of a trip! although the figures involved in manufacturing were huge....every single steel works in the world working 24 hours a day to produce enough steel! 😲

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                                          The film follows the second mission after the first one has failed - each mission costs 4 years of the entire Earth's GDP !!!
                                          I know it's fiction... BUT if push comes to shove we can do whatever is needed - look at WW2 - ridiculous sums/lives spent over a few years to what ends... πŸ˜’

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                                            honoluludesktop
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                                            Reading the original post, what first came to mind was super sonic boom, and movement of the earth's plates. Each immense engineering problems. I'm sure that it won't be difficult to think of more. Didn't even think about the manufacturing, and economics ones. Makes going to the Moon fairly easy. Wounder what the EIS would find. If one were required when air transportation was first created, perhaps planes would not have been allowed.

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