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Title:

Alignment, Ride Comfort, and Guideway Beam Design for High-Speed Maglev Systems: Pennsylvania Maglev Project Approach

Accession Number:

01023189

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

This paper discusses the Pennsylvania High - speed Maglev Project approach to design considerations for Transrapid International high-speed maglev system applications. The Pennsylvania Project is one of the high-speed maglev projects that is being considered for deployment in the United States. The Project’s geophysical setting creates an exceptional laboratory to develop tools for guideway alignment siting and verification. One such tool is the MAGLEV, Inc. MagRide™ software used in the development and verification of alignments. This tool is multifunctional and includes components for: geometric integration verification (including horizontal and vertical curves, spirals and cant); speed profile development and statistics; power consumption; operational scenarios; and guideway beam manufacturing information. This paper presents the Project’s alignment development methodology, overviews the TRI maglev system design criteria, describes the MagRide™ software and toolsets, and discusses the integration of the MagRide™ output with the MAGLEV, Inc. developed Beam Engineering Analysis Manufacturing Software System (BEAMSS™).

Monograph Accession #:

01020180

Report/Paper Numbers:

06-0876

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Manges, Edd

Pagination:

25p

Publication Date:

2006

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 85th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2006-1-22 to 2006-1-26
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

CD-ROM

Features:

Figures (11) ; References (5) ; Tables (3)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Railroad corridors

Geographic Terms:

Pennsylvania

Subject Areas:

Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2006 Paper #06-0876

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Mar 3 2006 10:30AM