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Inductrack laminated track.
Post lawrence livermore national laboratory livermore ca usa 925 422 9853 post3 llnl gov keywords halbach arrays inductrack laminated track litz cable track urban maglev.
Inductrack is a passive fail safe electrodynamic magnetic levitation system using only unpowered loops of wire in the track and permanent magnets arranged into halbach arrays on the vehicle to achieve magnetic levitation the track can be in one of two configurations a ladder track and a laminated track.
The ladder track is made of unpowered litz wire cables and the laminated track is.
The track design must fulfill the need for efficient and cost effective levitation coil circuits to take full advantage of the inductrack maglev configuration.
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A laminated track test rig was built at llnl to benchmark the livermore levitation code the track is pulled through dual inductrack halbach arrays mounted in a housing that is equipped with guide rollers force sensors and a speed tachometer.
Two alternative track designs.
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Laminated track design for inductrack maglev systems download pdf info publication number us6758146b2.
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The track can be in one of two configurations a ladder track and a laminated track.
A laminated structure composed of stacks of thin conducting sheets has several advantages.
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Inductrack is a passive fail safe electrodynamic magnetic levitation system using only unpowered loops of wire in the track and permanent magnets arranged into halbach arrays on the vehicle to achieve magnetic levitation the track can be in one of two configurations a ladder track and a laminated track.
Article osti 1174927 title laminated track design for inductrack maglev systems author post richard f abstractnote a magnet configuration comprising a pair of halbach arrays magnetically and structurally connected together are positioned with respect to each other so that a first component of their fields substantially cancels at a first plane between them and a second.
A laminated track for the inductrack system.
The ladder track is made of unpowered litz wire cables and the laminated track is.
Laminated track design for inductrack maglev systems download pdf info publication number us20030112105a1.
Inductrack is a completely passive fail safe magnetic levitation system using only unpowered loops of wire in the track and permanent magnets arranged into halbach arrays on the vehicle to achieve magnetic levitation.
