REPULSION MAGNETIC SUSPENSION RESEARCH--U.S. PROGRESS TO DATE

An outline is given of the progress made during an 8-year period of United States' research on repulsion magnetic suspension particularly those programs supported by the United States Department of Transportation. Discussion starts with small-scale laboratory experiments measuring the lift and drag forces on superconducting coils, continues through measurement of cryogenic losses, superconducting parametric studies, and ride predictions, and concludes with a summary of the recently completed conceptual vehicle design and system study.

• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Science and Technology Press Limited

  IPC House, 32 High Street
  Guildford, Surrey  England 
• Authors:
  • BORCHERTS, R H
• Publication Date: 1975-7

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 385-393
• Serial:
  • Cryogenics
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Butterworths and Company Publishers, Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Intelligent transportation systems; Magnetic levitation; Ride quality; Superconductivity
• Old TRIS Terms: Advanced systems
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00128904
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 4 1976 12:00AM