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Ground effect vehicles including Hyperloop pod must be designed without creating the physical situation of Sanal flow choking <https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0086638>. Sanal flow choking leads to wave drag and structural failures due to the generation of undesirable shock waves.
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This page is a summary of: The Effects of Ground Clearance and Boundary Layer Blockage Factor on the Aerodynamics Performance of the Hyperloop Pod and Transonic Ground-Effect Aircraft, July 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA),
DOI: 10.2514/6.2021-2586.
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