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UAQ4 Levitating Train: Italian Maglev Transportation System

Francesco CrisiGiovanni LanzaraGino D'ovidio

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EngineeringMotion resistancebusiness.industryMaglevAutomotive EngineeringLevitationAerodynamic dragAerodynamicsEnergy consumptionbusinessIntelligent transportation systemMagnetic levitationAutomotive engineering

description

This article illustrates the University of L'Aquila model 4 (UAQ4) Italian maglev train, a transportation system with zero motion resistance (except aerodynamic drag) and greatly reduced energy consumption, approaching zero at a low constant speed. The project is the result of more than 40 years of research in the field of nonconventional highspeed transportation systems. Its technological feasibility has been tested in the laboratory at the University of L'Aquila, Italy.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2014-12-01
10.1109/mvt.2014.2362859http://hdl.handle.net/11697/13982