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    The document discusses Sky Bus, a new mass transit system that can provide safe transportation in congested cities. Some key points: 1) Sky Bus is elevated on concrete columns 9m tall, addressing safety issues of derailment and collision seen in traditional metros. 2) It uses a concrete box structure 8.4m wide supported every 10-15m to carry passenger coaches. 3) Sky Bus is proposed to cost 50-75% less than traditional metros due to carrying fewer non-passenger loads. 4) Initial proposals seek to set up Sky Bus lines in Mumbai, Chennai, and Goa to provide affordable public transit.

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    The document discusses Sky Bus, a new mass transit system that can provide safe transportation in congested cities. Some key points: 1) Sky Bus is elevated on concrete columns 9m tall, addressing safety issues of derailment and collision seen in traditional metros. 2) It uses a concrete box structure 8.4m wide supported every 10-15m to carry passenger coaches. 3) Sky Bus is proposed to cost 50-75% less than traditional metros due to carrying fewer non-passenger loads. 4) Initial proposals seek to set up Sky Bus lines in Mumbai, Chennai, and Goa to provide affordable public transit.

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    SKY BUS

    -A Paradigm shift in Urban Transportation

    B.Sathya
    Final Year civil
    2
    INTRODUCTION
     The sky bus technology offered by Konkan railway
    corporation . It redefine the thinking and planning for
    urban transport being a eco-friendly.

     It is the patented technology developed for new


    millennium and will cause a paradigm shift in urban
    transportation all over the world. .
    SKY BUS
    “A unique mass transit system which than can be put
    up within any two years in any crowded and
    congested city for safe transportation without loss
    of time.”
    Why sky bus is safe
     The present Railway Technology used in metros- defect of
    derailment.
     Sky Bus- eliminating the problems of existing metro rail
    systems like derailments, collisions, capsizing and
    crushing people.
     Compared to conventional railway systems, the centre of
    gravity of the mass being carried on the wheels is brought
    down to be closer to the wheel support. Hence dynamic
    safety is many times improved.
    Components
    Skyway Sky bogie Sky station
    Working Principle of Sky Bus

    •As long as the wheels are on the


    rails, the coach runs.
    •But failure of rails / obstruction
    by a heavy wind force may create
    dangerous situations.

    When the wheels climb 25 to 30


    mm flange, then derailment occurs.

    7
    Cont..

    If derailment occurs, then there is


    nothing to hold the coach, then the
    coach just topples .

    Such falling of coach can kill people


    inside the coach and also people on
    the road, if any.

    8
    Evolution Of Sky Bus Technology

    Suppose a standard railway


    coach running on a railway
    track…

    The under frame with standard


    railway wheel – set running on
    a railway track…
    Structural Link
    • There are two possible ways of doing this:

     The First Concept, The Load Can Be Transferred From The


    Platform By A Tensile Member, the load can be transmitted by
    a portal frame.

     The Second Concept Allows For More Freedom In


    Configurations But Is Less Efficient As It Results In High
    Bending Moments.

     . The Sky Bus Coach Was Designed For Various Specified


    Loads Including This Condition And Analyzed Using The
    Finite-element Method (Fem).
    Technology Of Sky Bus
     The median in the middle of road : 9.4 m wide,2.4 m high
     The typical structural configuration :
     1m dia concrete columns,
     9m tall,
     spaced 10-15m apart supporting a continuous box
    structure about 9m wide,
     cantilevering equally on both sides of the columns.
     Sky way It consists of a concrete box structure 8.4*2.4m.
    Carried over a series of piers at height of 9-10m above the
    road level.
     In middle roadway it supports by pile foundation about 1m
    depth. There are no points and crossings.
     Performance

     Safety

     Land & Protection to existing buildings

     Capital and running costs

     Construction

     Charges

     Financial viability
    Why Sky Bus saves 50% to 75% in costs

     Conventional railway provides for heavy steel


    coaches to protect people from derailments and
    capsizing. So carry more steel and dead weight
    instead of people.

     The capital cost per km is Rs. 50 crores.

     The energy in Sky Bus, is used to carry more people than


    in Metro Rails, which carries more dead loads.
    Proposals For Establishing Sky Bus
     The authorities in Mumbai are sufficiently taken up
    with the idea to consider setting up a sky bus system
    on a 9.8 km stretch between Adhere and Ghatkopar.

     To the Tamil Nadu Government, has presented a


    possible route network between Muthialpet in North
    Chennai to Tippet in the west — via Koyambedu —
    and Mahabalipuram 45 km South of the city.
    Konkani railway corporation would soon begin work
    on construction of a 1.6 km running track of Sky bus in
    Goa.
    Conclusion
     This research confirms that the advantages of sky bus
    technology are tremendous. For overpopulated Indian
    urban areas, sky bus seems to be the best solution for safe,
    quality, and inexpensive mass public transportation.

     Indian state governments and metro city corporations are


    waiting for final approval from experts. 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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