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There are a number of tunnels under the Alps (and other mountain ranges) to allow the passage of trains and/or road vehicles.
Drill a number of large circular tunnels in locations where they can (partially) serve as both transport routes and also housings for large accelerators for physics research.
That's
it.
Magnet quench
http://en.wikipedia...agnet#Magnet_quench
One of many things that can go wrong with a particle accelerator [Wrongfellow, Jan 25 2010]
Ooh so close.
Collider_20City
"Vibration has to be kept to a minimum; running trains down the same tunnel will generate too much noise and vibration" [8th of 7] [AbsintheWithoutLeave, Jan 25 2010]
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Could the trains be accelerated also? |
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Aside from the physics sections, accelerator tunnels usually aren't of large diameter. Picture a steam tunnel, rather than a train tunnel. |
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Besides that, accelerator tunnels need to be maintained fairly clean. A transportation tunnel doesn't exactly fit that bill. |
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I don't think you could run trains at the same time as the accelerators. As I understand it, the magnets and other gubbins that make up an accelerator need to be aligned quite precisely, and I'd think that the vibration from a passing train would play havoc with the beam. They involve some very strong magnetic fields, which would play havoc with the train, and there's also the ever-present possibility of a magnet quench (link), which would play havoc with the passengers. |
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"France 204, you are go to enter the northbound approach. Please clear the tunnel within 14 minutes to make way for southbound protons." |
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It needs to be a huge loop. dunno if that cuts down on the available applications. |
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That actually sounds like another potential HB idea. |
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"I'm packing to go on a vacation!"
"Really? Where you going?"
"Nowhere!" |
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// It needs to be a huge loop. // |
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But it could have multiple entry and exit points for vehicles. |
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Just think if the M25 had been built this way. |
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"This ain't no technological breakdown,
oh no,
this is the road to hell." |
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Is there a Satan Particle ? |
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Satan ... Satnav .... hmmm. |
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// think if the M25 had been built this way// If? |
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