Magnetic Levitation

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Magnetic Levitation

• Electronics2006-2007

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Magnetic Levitation Experiment

• Magnets or magnetic materials can be suspended
  either using magnetic attraction or repulsion and
  permanent or electromagnets.

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Some Commercial Products
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Magnetic Levitation

• Trains can magnetically fly over a roadbed with
  position sustained by some kind of control system
• Force can either be attractive or repulsive

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How Maglev Trains Work

• Instead of using fossil fuels, the magnetic field
  created by the electrified coils in the guide way
  walls and the track combine to propel the train.
  

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Maglev in Use Today

• While maglev transportation was first proposed
  more than a century ago, the first commercial
  maglev train made its test debut in Shanghai,
  China, in 2002 using the train developed by
  German company Transrapid International
• The same line made its first open-to-the-public
  commercial run about a year later in December of
  2003.
• The Shanghai Transrapid line currently runs to
  and from the Longyang Road station at the city's
  center and Pudong airport.
• Traveling at an average speed of 267 mph (430
  kmh), the 19 mile (30 km) journey takes less than
  10 minutes on the maglev train as opposed to an
  hour-long taxi ride.

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Where else can use see Maglev in use?

• Roller coasters
• Monorails
• Banks
• Aircraft Carriers

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Transrapid International Train
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Things to keep in mind

• Weight Distribution
• Balance
• Thrust and Drag
• Placement of Magnets
• Power to motor and fan.