Superconducting magnet suspensions in high speed ground transport.

Author(s)
Alston, I.A.
Year
Abstract

There are a number of magnetic suspensions of which superconducting suspensions are a subset. In these suspensions the movement of the vehicle is used to induce currents in a conducting track which then interacts with the magnets on the vehicle to produce a repulsive suspension force. This work provides a technical and economic definition of high speed ground transport systems using these suspensions. Design assumptions, costing procedure and a cost sensitivity study are also presented.

Publication

Library number
B 7290 [electronic version only] IRRD 211787
Source

Crowthorne, Transport and Road Research Laboratory TRRL, 1974, 92 p., 9 fig., 15 graph., 26 tab., 20 ref.; TRRL Supplementary Report 72

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