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C I V I L 6 T H B

F R O M : R . K . U N I V E R S I T Y, R A J K O T .

CONTENTS

Introduction.

The Sky Bus Technology.

The Components of Sky Bus.

Implementation of Sky Bus Project in India.

Advantages.

PROBLEM???

SOLUTION!!!

B RAJA RAM

The system consists of an elevated track with the cars suspended below the track, like the Schwebebahn Wuppertal or H-Bahn systems in Germany.

INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION

A unique mass transit system which can be put in any congested and crowded city within 2 years for ease and safe transportation , without loss of time

Capacity:

- Can carry 36000 persons per hour (pph)

- Can be extended to 72000 pph

- Can shift 20ft containers for corner to corner.

Sky Bus can run at 100 km/h using electric power, with suspended coach shells that carry the passengers.

THE SKY BUS TECHNOLOGY: CONSTRUCTION

• Sky way

•Bogies

•Coaches

•Traverser

• Station

COMPONENTS OF SKY BUS

SKY WAY

The sky way consists of a concrete box

structure carried over a series of piers at a

hight of about 10 m above existing road

level.

In the middle of roadway pile foundation

support columns spaced at 15 to 25 m

along the roadway in the median of the

road.

There are no points and crossings.

SKY WAY

Two rails fixed with appropriate fastenings

within the concrete box support and guide

the sky bogie.

BOGIES

Two standard axle "bogies" provide the drive mechanism. Each bogie is driven by 3-phase alternating current (AC) motor.

Power is delivered to the vehicles using brushes or by current carrying wheels.

COACHES

The coaches are double walled lightweight shells with wide larger windows & are suspended below the rails.

The air conditioned coaches have 4m-wide automatic doors.

They offer audiovisual information to passengers.

Each pair of coaches carries 150 passengers.

Each coach is 9.25m long and 3.2 m wide. "Trains" consist of two coaches, with total length of 18.5m.

TRAVERSER

•The traverser automatically shifts units between tracks.

•The traverser is a modified form of traverser used in others industries for lifting & shifting objects.

•The traverser acts like a station.

TRAVERSER

STATION

•The station is an air-conditioned platform 5.5m above ground.

•Stations have automatic doors and lifts.

•A smart card opens the station door.

•The station fits in a 50m long spot.

IN A CURVED MANNER

Implementation of Sky Bus Project in India:Margao test

In 2004 the Konkan Railway carried out a test of Sky Bus in Margao, Goa with the help of Goa state government.

The steepest gradient was 2%. The sharpest curve had a radius of 100m. The maximum radius of vertical curve was 3375m.

FAILURE TO MARGAO TEST

•On 25 September, one employee was killed and three injured in an accident, ending the trial.

•The track ran 1.6 kilometer (1 mile) The test track was supposed to be extended to 10.5 km.

ADVANTAGES

Fast Transportation

Minimal Land Acquisition Problems

Capacity

No Pollution

No Waiting

Comfort

Tourism

Amenity

QUICK VIEW OF WORKING OF THE SKYBUS

CONCLUSION

• For overpopulated Indian urban areas, sky bus

seems to be the best solution for safe, quality, and

inexpensive mass public transportation.

• If sky bus project receives approval by experts for

its track tests, sky bus will become the solution for

urban public transportation in 21st century, at least

for India.

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