Survey of Sliding Contact/Solid Rail Power Collection Systems for Application to the Tracked Air Cushion Vehicle

Details

• Creators:
  Spenny, C. H.
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Tracked air cushion vehicles
  • High speed rail
  • Sliding mode control
  • Rail transit
  • Energy storage devices
  • Sliding contact collectors
  • Power collection systems
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-TSC-UMTA-71-05
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1526724
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Description:
  The objective of a power collection system is to deliver uninterrupted power from the wayside to a vehicle. In order to apply the third rail concept, used for subway power collection, to the tracked air cushion vehicle, considerable improvement must be made in the design to accomodate higher speed, higher power, and larger lateral motions. This report classifies sliding contact collectors for solid rail, discusses merits and problems with each, and surveys several existing and planned sliding contact collectors
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/10382/dot_10382_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.18 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:17d9118307ac6cd090074b1720329a2b7e4ceeba5099c340f703576c810e8e98