SUMMARY OF RESEARCH AT MIT ON TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGH SPEED GROUND TRANSPORT-SUMMARY REPORT

The work includes: Vehicle suspension systems, vehicles and tube aerodynamics, rock fracture and mechanics, settlement and leave analysis, and automated guideways. (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Progress rept. dated 31 Aug 70, PB-198 015.
• Corporate Authors:

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Department of Civil Engineering, 77 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02139
• Authors:
  • Seifert, W W
• Publication Date: 1971-5-15

Media Info

• Pagination: 80 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerodynamics; Excavation and tunneling; Fracture mechanics; Guideways; High speed ground transportation; Passenger transportation; Passenger vehicles; Pneumatic conveyors; Public transit; Rock mechanics; Soil mechanics; Suspension systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Tube vehicles; Vehicle guideways
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00039284
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FRA-RT-72-18 Summ Rpt
• Contract Numbers: DOT-C-85-65
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 24 1973 12:00AM