MagLev cobra: Test facilities and operational experiments

G. G. Sotelo, D. H.J.N. Dias, R. A.H. De Oliveira, A. C. Ferreira, R. De Andrade, R. M. Stephan

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Abstract

The superconducting MagLev technology for transportation systems is becoming mature due to the research and developing effort of recent years. The Brazilian project, named MagLev-Cobra, started in 1998. It has the goal of developing a superconducting levitation vehicle for urban areas. The adopted levitation technology is based on the diamagnetic and the flux pinning properties of YBa2Cu3O7-δ (YBCO) bulk blocks in the interaction with Nd-Fe-B permanent magnets. A laboratory test facility with permanent magnet guideway, linear induction motor and one vehicle module is been built to investigate its operation. The MagLev-Cobra project state of the art is presented in the present paper, describing some construction details of the new test line with 200 m.

Original languageEnglish
Article number032017
JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume507
Issue numberPART 3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 Dec 2014
Event11th European Conference on Applied Superconductivity, EUCAS 2013 - Genoa, Italy
Duration: 15 Sept 201319 Sept 2013

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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