DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERCONDUCTING LEVITATED TRAINS IN JAPAN

A research and development project is now being carried out in Japan on a superconducting levitated train powered by a linear synchronous motor (LSM). The experiments described concern the possibility of levitation with a lightweight superconducting magnet, the use of such a magnet for both levitation and LSM propulsion, the possibility of recovering evaporating helium, and the use of a null-flux system for guidance. A 7-km test track is to be constructed which will check the feasibility of superconducting levitated LSM propulsion up to 500 km/hr under conditions which are as close as possible to those encountered in operation.

• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Science and Technology Press Limited

  IPC House, 32 High Street
  Guildford, Surrey  England 
• Authors:
  • Kyotani, Y
• Publication Date: 1975-7

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 372-376
• Serial:
  • Cryogenics
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Butterworths and Company Publishers, Limited

Subject/Index Terms

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

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00128905
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 4 1976 12:00AM