MAGLEV TEST VEHICLE DESIGN & FABRICATION

Maglev is a revolutionary approach to public transportation in which vehicles are supported, propelled, and guided by magnetic forces. By minimizing moving parts and physical contact, the Urban Maglev Group transportation system is low noise and offers lower operating and maintenance costs. The low noise, along with the ability to operate in challenging terrain with steep grades (10%) and tight turns (18.3m, 60’), allows alignment design flexibility in dense urban environments. The Urban Maglev Group design achieves the required simplicity with an entirely passive permanent magnet approach. Levitation occurs via generation of eddy currents in the guideway based conductor, whose associated magnetic field then repels the vehicle based permanent magnets. Propulsion force is generated via active guideway based linear synchronous motor coils interacting with the vehicle based sinusoidal permanent magnetic field. Guidance is provided via magnetic attraction to steel guidance rails.