41. Pennsylvania High Speed Maglev Project - Connecting Pittsburgh International Air Provides information on the Pennsylvania maglev transportation project http://www.maglevpa.com/

What's New Draft Environmental Impact Statement available DEIS Public Hearings and Info Sessions Conclude What's Next? Final Environmental Impact Statement Maglev images courtesy of Transrapid International

42. Magnetic Levitation Physics FAQ Updated September 1997 by PEG. Original by Philip Gibbs and Andre Geim, March 1997. Is Magnetic Levitation Possible? A theorem due to Earnshaw proves that it is http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/Levitation/levitation.html

[Physics FAQ] Updated September 1997 by PEG. Original by Philip Gibbs and Andre Geim, March 1997. Is Magnetic Levitation Possible? A theorem due to Earnshaw proves that it is not possible to achieve static levitation using any combination of fixed magnets and electric charges. Static levitation means stable suspension of an object against gravity. There are, however, a few ways to levitate by getting round the assumptions of the theorem. In case you are wondering, none of these can be used to generate anti-gravity or to fly a craft without wings or jets. Earnshaw's Theorem The proof of Earnshaw's theorem is very simple if you understand some basic vector calculus. The static force as a function of position F x acting on any body in vacuum due to gravitation, electrostatic and magnetostatic fields will always be divergenceless. div F . At a point of equilibrium the force is zero. If the equilibrium is stable the force must point in towards the point of equilibrium on some small sphere around the point. However, by Gauss' theorem, F x ).d

43. The Baltimore-Washington Maglev Project All about the project including definitions, background, newsletter. http://bwmaglev.com/

View Maglev alignments in your area Last Updated: December 2003 DEIS Document Available Public Hearings Scheduled DEIS Comment Period None scheduled at this time Locations of Spring 2002 Public Meetings on Maglev Alternative Alignments

44. Magnetic Levitation - EHow.com Learn about Magnetic Levitation on eHow.com. Find info and videos including Magnetic Levitation Tricks, Definition of Magnetic Levitation, What Is the Definition of Magnetic http://www.ehow.com/magnetic-levitation/

Family Food Health Home Money Style More Home Magnetic Levitation Magnetic Levitation Magnetic Levitation Featured Articles How to Make a Magnet Levitate Steadily Creating levitating magnets can be a trick you can perform for fun or for science projects at school. The levitation of a magnet occurs when the poles of two magnets are pointed toward each other in an enclosed place. There has to be some constraint between the two magnets, however, or else the top magnet will flip over, reversing its... How to Build a Magnetic Levitation Experiment Diamagnetic objects create a magnetic field opposing any magnetic field surrounding it. Objects such as graphite, pyrolitic carbon, frogs and humans are diamagnetic. Superconductors are extremely diamagnetic, but are difficult to procure for a home or classroom experiment. Although we interact with weak magnetic fields everyday, our... Related Topics Magnet Projects Homemade Magnets Neodymium Magnet Magnets Use The Transport ... Card Levitation Videos: Magnetic Levitation How to Make a Magnet Levitate What Do We Call the Ends of a Magnet?

45. Magplane Technology Group Of Companies - Expertise In Magnetic Technology For Tr Intracity transportation concept using individual passive vehicles, levitated above a magway trough of semi-circular cross section. http://www.magplane.com/

46. Maglev 2000 Promotes maglev system for transportation in Florida and provides overview of how this technology works. http://www.maglev2000.com/

Maglev (Magnetic Levitation) is a new mode of transport, in which high speed vehicles are magnetically levitated and propelled along elevated guideways. Maglev can transport passengers and freight over long distances at speeds of hundreds of miles per hour. Maglev promises to be a major mode of transport in the 21st Century, even more important than autos, trucks and airplanes. Maglev 2000 is developing and implementing this new mode of transport. The M-2000 system is an advanced second generation maglev system based on recent inventions by Gordon Danby and James Powell, the original inventors of superconducting maglev. The M-2000 system is low-cost, includes freight transport, and is capable of high speed (300 mph) electronic switching.

47. Simple Magnetic Levitation Train, Maglev Toy SIMPLE MAGLEV TRAIN (c)1996 W. Beaty. Lots of people have emailed me about building some sort of maglev train as a science project. Here are my suggestions. http://amasci.com/maglev/train.html

48. Maglev Trains A introductory questions and answers on Maglev technology, including several relevant links. http://www.o-keating.com/hsr/maglev.htm

Maglevs (Magnetically levitated trains) Introduction The principal of a Magnet train is that floats on a magnetic field and is propelled by a linear induction motor. They follow guidance tracks with magnets. These trains are often refered to as Mag netically Lev itated trains which is abbreviated to MagLev. Although maglevs don't use steel wheel on steel rail usually associated with trains, the dictionary definition of a train is a long line of vehicles travelling in the same direction - it is a train. How it works A maglev train floats about 10mm above the guidway on a magnetic field. It is propelled by the guidway itself rather than an onboard engine by changing magnetic fields (see right). Once the train is pulled into the next section the magnetism switches so that the train is pulled on again. The Electro-magnets run the length of the guideway. What is the advantage of Maglev? Well it sounds high-tech, a floating train, they do offer certain benefits over conventional steel rail on steel wheel railways. The primary advantage is maintanance. Because the train floats along there is no contact with the ground and therefore no need for any moving parts. As a result there are no components that would wear out. This means in theory trains and track would need no maintanence at all. The second advantage is that because maglev trains float, there is no friction. Note that there will still be air resistance. A third advantage is less noise, because there are no wheels running along there is no wheel noise. However noise due to air disturbance still occurs. The final advantage is speed, as a result of the three previous listed it is more viable for maglev trains to travel extremely fast, ie 500km/h or 300mph. Although this is possible with conventional rail it is not economically viable. Another advantage is that the guidway can be made a lot thicker in places, eg after stations and going uphill, which would mean a maglev could get up to 300km/h (186mph) in only 5km where currently takes 18km. Also greater gradients would be applicable.

49. Magnetic Levitation Magnetic Levitation. Emerging Technologies . By Nick Presson . Introduction Magnetic levitation has been around for years, but with advances in technology it may become a http://www.faculty.rsu.edu/~clayton/presson/paper.htm

Magnetic Levitation Emerging Technologies By Nick Presson Introduction Magnetic levitation has been around for years, but with advances in technology it may become a part of everyday life. The main emphasis for magnetic levitation is for transportation. Magnetically levitated ground transportation, or “Maglev”, is an advanced mode of surface high speed transportation whereby a vehicle gliding above a guideway is suspended, guided, and propelled by magnetic forces. Can you imagine a train that that actually floats in air 4 to 6 inches in the air and travels up to 300 mph. This technology can reduce air and highway congestion, air pollution, and petroleum use. Traditional Systems The transportation system in the United States has been much admired around the world. Our extensive highway and air systems have facilitated business and leisure travel and contributed to a high quality of life for many Americans. In 1990, 429 million passengers traveled 342 billion passenger miles on commercial airlines. Americans traveled 2 trillion passenger miles my car, truck, bus, and public transit, and 6.1 billion passenger miles on Amtrak.

50. Inductrak Passive maglev technology developed by a Livermore team. http://www.llnl.gov/str/Post.html

FOR the past two decades, prototype magnetically levitated (maglev) trains cruising at up to 400 kilometers per hour have pointed the way to the future in rail transport. Their compelling advantages include high speeds, little friction except aerodynamic drag, low energy consumption, and negligible air and noise pollution. However, maglev trains also pose significant drawbacks in maintenance costs, mechanical and electronic complexity, and operational stability. Some maglev train cars, for example, employ superconducting coils to generate their magnetic field. These coils require expensive, cryogenic cooling systems. These maglev systems also require complicated feedback circuits to prevent disastrous instabilities in their high-speed operation. Lawrence Livermore scientists have recently developed a new approach to magnetically levitating high-speed trains that is fundamentally much simpler in design and operation (requiring no superconducting coils or stability control circuits), potentially much less expensive, and more widely adaptable than other maglev systems. The new technology, called Inductrack, employs special arrays of permanent magnets that induce strong repulsive currents in a "track" made up of coils, pushing up on the cars and levitating them. Totally Passive Technology During the past two years, a Livermore team, headed by physicist Richard Post, has successfully demonstrated the Inductrack concept in test trials. The test runs demonstrated the system's totally passive nature, meaning that achieving levitation requires no control currents to maintain stability, and no externally supplied currents flowing in the tracks. Instead, only the motion of train cars above the track is needed to achieve stable levitation. The results have been so promising that NASA has awarded a three-year contract to the team to explore the concept as a way to more efficiently launch satellites into orbit.

51. HowStuffWorks "How Maglev Trains Work" Explanation of how maglev train levitates and moves http://travel.howstuffworks.com/maglev-train.htm

HSW.sm.loadPageInfo(6472); OAS_AD('TopBanner'); HowStuffWorks Search HowStuffWorks and the web Video Podcasts Blogs Quizzes Games RSS Adventure Animals Auto Culture ... Next Page How Maglev Trains Work by Kevin Bonsor Print Cite Feedback ... Recommend Cite This! Close Please copy/paste the following text to properly cite this HowStuffWorks article: Inside this Article Introduction to How Maglev Trains Work The Maglev Track Electrodynamic Suspension (EDS) Maglev Technology In Use ... Lots More Information Mega Machine Videos The first commercial maglev line made its debut in December of 2003. Learn about it and other maglev lines in the works. If you'v­e been to an airport lately, you've probably noticed that air travel is becoming more and more congested. Despite frequent delays, airplanes still provide the fastest way to travel hundreds or thousands of miles. Passenger air travel revolutionized the transportation industry in the last century, letting people traverse great distances in a matter of hours instead of days or weeks. Up Next How Magnets Work How Sonic Cruisers Will Work Discovery.com: Howe and Howe Tech

52. Magnetic Levitation: Free Encyclopedia Articles At Questia.com Online Library Research Magnetic Levitation and other related topics by using the free encyclopedia at the Questia.com online library. http://www.questia.com/library/encyclopedia/101256797

53. Maglev - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Overview of the technologies behind maglev http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maglev

Maglev From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Look up maglev in Wiktionary , the free dictionary. Maglev can refer to: Magnetic levitation , a method by which an object is suspended using magnetic fields Maglev (transport) , a form of rail transport using magnetic levitation MagLev (Ruby interpreter) , a virtual machine for the Ruby programming language This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maglev Categories Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Personal tools New features Log in / create account Namespaces Article Discussion Variants Views Read Edit View history Actions Search Navigation Main page Contents Featured content Current events ... Donate Interaction About Wikipedia Community portal Recent changes Contact Wikipedia ... Help Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages ... Cite this page Print/export Create a book Download as PDF Printable version Languages Deutsch This page was last modified on 20 April 2009 at 19:04.

54. Magnetic Levitation Definition Of Magnetic Levitation In The Free Online Encyclo magnetic levitation or maglev (măg`lĕv), support and propulsion of objects or vehicles by the use of magnets. The magnets provide support without contact or friction, allowing for http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Magnetic levitation

55. Maglev Monorail Index Page Promotion of the adaptation of monorail technologies for maglev http://www.monorails.org/tMspages/MagMono.html

A new breed of monorail is being developed. It is still a young enough technology that there are more questions than answers. How capable is it and is it too expensive to build? There is currently great interest in maglev. The Monorail Society recognizes the great progress that maglev developers have made in recent years. We look forward to seeing maglevs in operation so promoters will have a chance to back up their claims of maglev's advantages with statistics from real revenue operations. Will maglev prove itself to be an economic success and change ground transportation? We should have the answer in the 21st Century. While the story unfolds, we are watching with great interest. graphic courtesy of Transrapid While The Monorail Society 's main focus has been on the promotion and appreciation of proven monorail technology, ignoring maglev because it follows the guideway differently would be a mistake. Within these pages The Monorail Society focuses on maglevs that share the same characteristics as monorail, hence our title "Maglev Monorail." While some of the tracks for maglev are much wider than many monorails, the trains that run on them are wider than the guideway, and therefore meet the criteria of our definition of monorail. Are those tracks too wide for public acceptance? That remains to be seen, and we won't shy away from discussing potential negative aspects of the mode as well as positives. The promise of trains with aircraft speeds in safety is very enticing, perhaps maglev monorail's time has come.

56. Magnetic Levitation — FactMonster.com Encyclopedia magnetic levitation. magnetic levitation or maglev (măg'lev) , support and propulsion of objects or vehicles by the use of magnets. http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/sci/A0831156.html

Home U.S. People Word Wise ... Homework Center Fact Monster Favorites American Indian Heritage Month Math Flashcards Geography Guide Seven New Wonders of the World ... The Fifty States Reference Desk Atlas Almanacs Dictionary Encyclopedia ... Encyclopedia magnetic levitation magnetic levitation or maglev key See I. Baldea, New Ways: Tiltrotor Aircraft and Magnetic Levitating Vehicles The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Cite Print More on magnetic levitation from Fact Monster: maglev - maglev: maglev: see magnetic levitation. ELECTROMAGNETISM - Electromagnetism is a two-way link between electricity and magnetism. An electric current creates a magnetic field, and a magnetic field, when it chan electromagnet - electromagnet electromagnet, device in which magnetism is produced by an electric current. Any ... railroad: High-Speed Passenger Service - High-Speed Passenger Service Although the railroad played a significant role in the transportation ... - Electricity is not just something you buy in a battery. It is one of the basic ingredients of the Universe. Everything around us is made of invisible See more Encyclopedia articles on: Physics Help Site Map Atlas ... Encyclopedia Click Here!

57. Home Nonprofit organization devoted to proposing new European trajectories for Maglev types of transportation. http://www.eumaglev.eu/

Welcome to the website of European Maglev . Our goal is to provide you with objective and independent information about the application of Magnetic Levitation Trains in Europe. You will find here the latest about developments and what future holds in store. European Maglev is founded in 2007 and has already provided many proposals and advises to governments, political parties and a wide public audience on a noncommercial base. We specialize in proposing trajectories throughout Europe and identifying the type of Maglev best fit for the situation. Our solution is based on a broad analysis of transportation demands, demographic trends, key financial and economic figures and a vision on rural planning for the next decades. This information is processed within a Geographic Information System. Like for instance the trajectory depicted here underneath at the South of Amsterdam as a blue line, yielding the best solution for the main transportation corridor in the Netherlands as proposed to the Dutch government. Pink areas are the main planned building sites. A video in Dutch about this possibility can be found

58. Magnetic Levitation At the UK's University of Nottingham physicists are levitating water! While that sounds entertaining, if not particularly practical, the applications of Magnetic Levitation could http://www.research-tv.com/stories/science/levitation/

59. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Is Maglev In Our Future? - Many Hurdles Before Maglev Many hurdles before maglev is able to get off the ground. http://www.post-gazette.com/maglev/

Many hurdles before maglev is able to get off the ground Sunday, March 7, 1999 By Joe Grata, Post-Gazette Staff Writer How the maglev shuttle might look. (Credit: General Atomics) As long ago as November 1996, developers of maglev told public officials they were ready to start building. Maglev, which uses powerful electromagnets to "float" and power people-mover cars along an elevated guideway, is a two-part proposal. One part is the Civic Arena Shuttle System, a $147 million, 2,200-foot demonstration project tied into a 5,000-car parking garage behind the Civic Arena. The other part, a follow-up to CASS, is the Pittsburgh Airborne Shuttle System, 10 miles and $550 million of extensions to Oakland and the North Shore. "We’re at a crucial juncture" for both proposals, O’Loughlin now says of the deadlines and demands coming down on the nonprofit corporation he formed with two friends in 1992. "We shouldn’t lose this opportunity. It’s too important to Pittsburgh." A Pittsburgh Post-Gazette review of the finances, technology and other aspects of the maglev project found the track remains riddled with obstacles, including reluctance by the Port Authority to join WPMD as a public partner for PASS, and the lack of city support for CASS.

60. YouTube - Magnetic Levitation Magnet levitates with the help of a ceramic and liquid nitrogen. Pretty cool. I did not perform this video. Its actually Professor Tom H. Johansen in the Superconductor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWTSzBWEsms

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