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Magnetic Levitation Trains
Summary: Explores the use of Magnetic Levitation trains as transportation devices. Details the history of the devices and explains how they differ from other trains currently in use.
Magnetic levitation trains, or maglev trains, are very interesting transportation devices. A maglev train is a high-speed transportation device that uses the forces of repulsion (to keep the train uplifted from the guide way) and attraction (to propel the train forward) to keep a train moving on a single track suspended very high in the air. The idea of maglev has been around since 1900 when Robert Goddard and Emily Bachlette came up with the idea of a train without friction. The maglev train is different than many other trains for many reasons; for instance, there is no steering wheel or train track in the maglev system because the basic principles of magnets replace them. There is also no physical contact between the vehicle and the track, the vehicle and the track can stand up to 3.93 inches away from each other; the only friction is between the train and...
This section contains 641 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |