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1
Aug
1993
Technical Reports
Safety of High Speed Guided Ground Transportation Systems: Review of Existing EMF Guidelines, Standards and Regulations.
Subject
Maglev
Keywords: Electric and Magnetic Fields (EMF); Maglev; Electrified Rail Systems; EMF Exposure; Guidelines; Standards and Regulations; International; Federal; State and Local EMF Activities
Abstract: To assess the state of knowledge about anticipated electric and magnetic field (EMF) exposures from electrical transportation systems, including electrically powered rail and...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-93/27
Office
RDI-20
1
Aug
1993
Technical Reports
Safety of High Speed Guided Ground Transportation Systems: The Biological Effects of Maglev Magnetic Field Exposures
Subject
Maglev,
Safety Advisories,
Safety Regulatory Analysis,
Safety Performance Measures
Keywords: Magnetic levitation, Maglev, Biological effects, Neurotransmitter effects, Pineal Effects, Melatonin
Abstract: This report describes selected biological effects on transformed human cell lines and on rats from exposure to simulated maglev magnetic fields (MFs). Rats (n = 6 per group) were...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-93/30
Office
RRD
1
Jun
1993
Technical Reports
Locomotive Control Compartment Safety Program: Locomotive Heavy Axle Load Tests
Subject
Maglev
Keywords: Safety Performance, NUCARS, Vehicle Dynamics, AAR Chapter XI Tests
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration sponsored a program to evaluate the wheel on rail dynamic safety performance of locomotives with increased cab weight at the Transportation...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-93/02
Office
RRD
1
May
1993
Other Reports
Final Report on Magnetic and Electric Field Testing of the French Train A Grande Vitesse-Atlantique (TGV-A) Rail Systems Volume I- Analysis
Subject
Maglev,
Tourist Railroads
Keywords: Magnetic, Electric, Field testing, Transit Authority Metrorail System
Abstract: The safety of magenetically levitated (maglev) and high speed rail (HSR) trains proposed for application in the United States is the responsibility of the Federal Railroad...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-93/03.I
Office
RDI-20
1
May
1993
Technical Reports
Verification Methodology for Fault-Tolerant, Fail-Safe Computers Applied to Maglev Control Computer System
Subject
Maglev,
Safety Advisories,
Technology Transfer
Keywords: Magnetic levitation, Maglev, Maglev control computer, Fail safe design, Fault tolerant computer, Design for verifcation methodology, Safety and availability
Abstract: The Maglev control computer system should be designed to verifiably possess high reliability and safety as well as high availability to make Maglev a dependable and attractive...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/NMI-92/26
Office
RRD