Inductrack 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.

Inductrack laminated track.

Laminated track design for inductrack maglev systems download pdf info publication number us20030112105a1. A laminated track for the inductrack system. The track design must fulfill the need for efficient and cost effective levitation coil circuits to take full advantage of the inductrack maglev configuration. Two alternative track designs.

The track can be in one of two configurations a ladder track and a laminated track. 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. Litz wire cables encased in stainless steel tubes slotted laminated conductor sheets bonded and mechanically reinforced lock 33. Us20030112105a1 us10 305 627 us30562702a us2003112105a1 us 20030112105 a1 us20030112105 a1 us 20030112105a1 us 30562702 a us30562702 a us 30562702a us 2003112105 a1 us2003112105 a1 us 2003112105a1 authority us.

Hoburg carnegie mellon university pittsburgh pa 15213 usa 412 268 2473 hoburg ece cmu edu r. Wide 1 0 mm thick conductor strips 20 mm. Us6758146b2 us10 305 627 us30562702a us6758146b2 us 6758146 b2 us6758146 b2 us 6758146b2 us 30562702 a us30562702 a us 30562702a us 6758146 b2 us6758146 b2 us 6758146b2 authority us united states prior art keywords array track halbach. Laminated track design for inductrack maglev systems download pdf info publication number us6758146b2.

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. 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. The ladder track is made of unpowered litz wire cables and the laminated track is. A laminated structure composed of stacks of thin conducting sheets has several advantages.

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. Citeseerx document details isaac councill lee giles pradeep teregowda. This paper describes work on alternative technologies associated with an urban maglev system that employs halbach arrays of permanent magnets onboard a moving vehicle to induce levitating currents in a stationary track.