MAGNETIC PROPULSION FOR MAGNETICALLY LEVITATED TRAINS

Repulsion from superconducting magnets can be utilized to levitate and propel trains. Contacts are to aluminum track, which conduct the current, and to the wheels which contact the ground only when the train is stationary.

• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Science and Technology Press Limited

  IPC House, 32 High Street
  Guildford, Surrey  England 
• Authors:
  • Melville, P H
• Publication Date: 1973-12

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 716-717
• Serial:
  • Cryogenics
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: Butterworths and Company Publishers, Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Intelligent transportation systems; Magnetic levitation; Propulsion; Vehicle power plants
• Uncontrolled Terms: Propulsion systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Advanced systems
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00056804
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1976 12:00AM