Abstract The Maglev train offers numerous advantages over the conventional wheel-on-rail system: 1) elimination of wheel and track wear providing a consequent reduction in maintenance costs  2) distributed weight-load reduces the construction costs of the guideway; 3) owing to its guideway, a Maglev train will never be derailed ; 4) the absence of wheels removes much noise and vibration; 5) noncontact system prevents it from slipping and sliding in operation and so on Download read more

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Abstract The Maglev train can be reasonably dated from 1934 when Hermann Kemper of Germanypatented it. Over the past few decades since then, development of the Maglev train went through the quickening period of the 1960s, the maturity of  the 1970s–1980s, and the test period of the 1990s, finally accomplishing practical public service in 2003 in Shanghai, Since the Maglev train looks to be a very promising solution for the near future, many researchers have developed technologiessuch as the modeling and analysis of linear electricmachinery, superconductivity, permanent magnets, and so on Download read more

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Abstract Along with the increase of population and expansion in living,zones,automobiles and air services cannot afford mass transit anymore. Accordingly, demands for innovative means of public transportation have increased. Inorder to appropriately serve the public, such a new-generation transportation system must meet certain requirements such as rapidity, reliability, and safety. In addition, it should be convenient, environment-friendly, low maintenance, compact,light-weight, unattained, and suited to mass-transportation. The magnetic levitation (Maglev) train is one of the best candidates to satisfy those requirements. While a conventional train drives forward by using friction between wheels and rails, the Maglev train replaces wheels by electromagnets and levitates on the guide read more

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