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Monorail/ Maglev
Will these be off the ground, like in Germany or the other european country?
elevated track and stations sound cool.
Will these be off the ground, like in Germany or the other european country?
elevated track and stations sound cool.
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Doesn't it use both? After all, it has to levitate?Prof. Frink wrote:I think what Born Acorn meant was "Will the track be raised, or will thay be at ground level?"The TransRapid actually uses the attractive force, not repulsive.antpocas wrote:Maglev takes their repelling power
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There are at least three different ways of doing a maglev.
1. Have magnets on the bottom of the train that repel from magnets on the track underneath (and on the sides all around to keep the train on the track.
2. Have magnets on the top of a flange at the bottom of the train, that pulls the train up to a row of magnets overhanging the edge of the track on both sides. I think that's what Prof. Frink is talking about.
3. Have permanent magnets on the bottom of the train, and continuous coils of wire on the track. When the train is stopped, it is resting on the track - actually, you can refit this to normal track. When the train starts moving, it is propelled by current in the coils of wire, and the faster it goes, the more power is in the wires, causing more repulsion to the magnets on the bottom of the train. At 15mph or so it starts to lift off the track, and the faster it goes the farther up it goes until it is I think 6 inches or so. Kind of like Doc Brown's time-traveling train at the end of the 3rd Back to the Future movie.
1. Have magnets on the bottom of the train that repel from magnets on the track underneath (and on the sides all around to keep the train on the track.
2. Have magnets on the top of a flange at the bottom of the train, that pulls the train up to a row of magnets overhanging the edge of the track on both sides. I think that's what Prof. Frink is talking about.
3. Have permanent magnets on the bottom of the train, and continuous coils of wire on the track. When the train is stopped, it is resting on the track - actually, you can refit this to normal track. When the train starts moving, it is propelled by current in the coils of wire, and the faster it goes, the more power is in the wires, causing more repulsion to the magnets on the bottom of the train. At 15mph or so it starts to lift off the track, and the faster it goes the farther up it goes until it is I think 6 inches or so. Kind of like Doc Brown's time-traveling train at the end of the 3rd Back to the Future movie.
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I don't think maglev trains can have level crossings, nor can monorails. At least as far as I know, no system does.
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