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Recommendations for Acoustical Test Facility for Maglev Research

Noise from high speed operations of a maglev system is a source of concern. The German and Japanese prototype maglev systems generate high noise levels at very high speeds. Without mitigation, a maglev system may encounter public opposition if introduced to the existing transportation system in the...

Preliminary Design Guidelines for Noise Control on High Speed Maglev Trains

This report builds on the first two reports of this series and provides preliminary guidelines on the prediction, assessment and mitigation of noise from maglev systems. The first report identifies noise sources from high speed maglev operations and recommends further research to help determine the...

Power Transfer to High Speed Vehicles

This final report summarizes work performed in the assessment and analysis of power transfer techniques to high speed vehicles. The objectives of this research were to determine the optimum power transfer technique for two power levels at high speed and to prepare a preliminary design of the...

Noise Sources of High Speed Maglev Trains

Noise is a major concern when any new transportation source is introduced into the existing surface transportation network. Maglev will be no exception. Despite the perception that there will be no problem in comparison with other noisy sources, such as diesel-hauled passenger and freight trains,...

Noise Criteria for High Speed Maglev Trains

The introduction of a new transportation system into a community generates concerns about the change in the noise environment brought about by the new source. When the new source has unique features, as does maglev, or when the community has not had prior exposure to a particular source, as will...

Maglev System Concept Definition: Severe Segment Test Report

This report presents Foster-Miller Maglev system performance results and cost analysis for the Severe Segment Test (SST) stipulated by the government. The route design procedures are described and the resulting SST route geometries are defined for the two sets of requirements on ride quality ("...