Maglev Trains
Magnets & Transportation
Throughout the ages, evolution has taken place with every aspect of our life, including transportation. Historically, humans did not have the proper technology to move from place to place easily. However, the present has come depending mostly on electronics and technological items such as cars and airplanes for movement. Unfortunately, the increase in overpopulation has led to different issues concerning transportation that may cause pollution and insecurity. Humans need speed with transportation methods to prove efficiency, which leaved the safe steady methods unused. Many people have worked on inventing a transportation method that is economically friendly, fast and safe, which was the start of the outbreak of maglev trains; trains that are levitated from the ground with the use of electromagnetism. This whole idea was mostly based on electromagnetic induction and creation of a current. Such trains are safe when even going to a speed of 400 miles per hour, leaving our transportation issues solved.
Figure 1 (Shanghai Maglev Train)
Figure 1 (Shanghai Maglev Train)
Maglev trains are transportation methods that are levitated from the ground and move forward by the forces of attraction and repulsion magnets create. This means that there is no friction between the track and train, which leave the odds of over powering and combusting almost 0. These trains are most commonly known to be eco-friendly, fast, safe, and do not create a great amount of noise. Such traits were the reason maglev trains should be competitive with airlines. Then again the extremely great prices and economic cost (In short term) did not let much creation around the world and limited it to one line in Shanghai. (Magnetic levitation train - Definition)
Figure 2 (Electromagnetic Suspension)
Figure 2 (Electromagnetic Suspension)
Maglev trains mostly work on the different techniques and main principles of physics and magnetism. The first would be
Throughout the ages, evolution has taken place with every aspect of our life, including transportation. Historically, humans did not have the proper technology to move from place to place easily. However, the present has come depending mostly on electronics and technological items such as cars and airplanes for movement. Unfortunately, the increase in overpopulation has led to different issues concerning transportation that may cause pollution and insecurity. Humans need speed with transportation methods to prove efficiency, which leaved the safe steady methods unused. Many people have worked on inventing a transportation method that is economically friendly, fast and safe, which was the start of the outbreak of maglev trains; trains that are levitated from the ground with the use of electromagnetism. This whole idea was mostly based on electromagnetic induction and creation of a current. Such trains are safe when even going to a speed of 400 miles per hour, leaving our transportation issues solved.
Figure 1 (Shanghai Maglev Train)
Figure 1 (Shanghai Maglev Train)
Maglev trains are transportation methods that are levitated from the ground and move forward by the forces of attraction and repulsion magnets create. This means that there is no friction between the track and train, which leave the odds of over powering and combusting almost 0. These trains are most commonly known to be eco-friendly, fast, safe, and do not create a great amount of noise. Such traits were the reason maglev trains should be competitive with airlines. Then again the extremely great prices and economic cost (In short term) did not let much creation around the world and limited it to one line in Shanghai. (Magnetic levitation train - Definition)
Figure 2 (Electromagnetic Suspension)
Figure 2 (Electromagnetic Suspension)
Maglev trains mostly work on the different techniques and main principles of physics and magnetism. The first would be
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