{"id":161613,"date":"2018-04-25T23:21:26","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T03:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=161613"},"modified":"2018-04-25T23:21:26","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T03:21:26","slug":"china-japan-develop-aerotrain-running-400-500-kmhour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/04\/25\/china-japan-develop-aerotrain-running-400-500-kmhour\/","title":{"rendered":"China, Japan develop aerotrain running 400-500 km\/hour"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_161614\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-161614\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/fast-train-by-japan-and-china_5ae028686fe5f5_81284930.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-161614\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/fast-train-by-japan-and-china_5ae028686fe5f5_81284930.jpg\" alt=\"The aerotrain does not run on traditional fuel resources, such as coal, gas or electricity, and is expected to change the world's transportation system, according to experts.  (PNA photo)\" width=\"400\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/fast-train-by-japan-and-china_5ae028686fe5f5_81284930.jpg 400w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/fast-train-by-japan-and-china_5ae028686fe5f5_81284930-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-161614\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The aerotrain does not run on traditional fuel resources, such as coal, gas or electricity, and is expected to change the world&#8217;s transportation system, according to experts.<br \/>(PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>BEIJING &#8212;<\/strong>\u00a0A high-speed aerotrain that could run 400 km. to 500 km. per hour is being developed by China and Japan in a joint effort, Chinese media Chongqing Morning Post reported.<\/p>\n<p>The aerotrain does not run on traditional fuel resources, such as coal, gas or electricity, and is expected to change the world&#8217;s transportation system, according to experts.<\/p>\n<p>Trial manufacturing and test runs of the first and second generation aerotrain have been conducted in Japan, said Lai Chenguang, a professor of Chongqing University of Technology, who participates in the project.<\/p>\n<p>The train will be fully powered by natural energy, reducing costs while improving speed, he noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the train runs at a speed of 500 km. per hour, the energy it consumes is only one-third of that consumed by current high-speed trains, and one-sixth of the maglev trains,\u201d Lai said.<\/p>\n<p>The new design of an annular spoiler is a major highlight of the aerotrain. Different from the traditional, vertical spoilers which tend to produce unstable airflow, the annular spoiler can increase the lift-drag ratio by 30 to 40 percent, vastly improving the operation stability.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the load capacity of the train will also be enhanced, thanks to the new design.<\/p>\n<p>Based on aerodynamic studies, the Chongqing University of Technology has furthered the research and has since made the third generation model of the train \u201cLOOP\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Lai said the zero-pollution train is seemingly impossible to manufacture, but it is actually achievable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEIJING &#8212;\u00a0A high-speed aerotrain that could run 400 km. to 500 km. per hour is being developed by China and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":161614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[50275,420,667],"class_list":["post-161613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-aerotrain","tag-china","tag-japan","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}