DocumentCode
956787
Title
The effect of long magnets on inductive maglev ride quality
Author
Brown, W.S.
Author_Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Volume
11
Issue
5
fYear
1975
fDate
9/1/1975 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1498
Lastpage
1500
Abstract
The effect on ride quality of levitating a vehicle with inductive maglev forces which are distributed along the length of the vehicle is described. For a Magneplane vehicle that is 50 m long traveling at 100 m/s, the effect is to substantially attenuate heave disturbances above 1.5 Hz and pitch disturbances above 3 Hz.
Keywords
Magnetic levitation, guideway transportation; Damping; Gravity; Low pass filters; Magnetic levitation; Magnetic separation; Magnets; Nonlinear filters; Suspensions; Torque; Vehicle dynamics;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9464
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TMAG.1975.1058881
Filename
1058881
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