Analysis on the acceleration characteristics of continuous transit system by magnet

Continuous Transit System by Magnet (CTM) is a new people mover which is capable of continuous transportation with acceleration of vehicles. Vehicles are expected to run correctly according to the interstation run curve without any control. But the speed change mechanism is not so simply represented in spite of its simplicity of hardware. The analysis to establish a systematic method for design and estimation is composed of classifying states and their transient conditions, modeling of elements, formulation and digital simulation. The acceleration characteristics of vehicles show very smooth values which can be well applied to practical use as they are. In order to check the reasonableness of analysis, the result of simulation has been compared with the results of the running characteristics of a vehicle on the test line of practical scale. Both results are in excellent accord with each other. Further, as CTM is a primary-on-ground system, some additional application can be proposed and all the finding support the various merits of CTM. This paper describes the principle of CTM and its analysis process related to the driving system, and refers to some application.