Safety of High Speed Magnetic Levitation Transportation Systems: Preliminary Safety Review of the Transrapid Maglev System

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• Creators:
  Dorer, R. ; Hathaway, W.T.
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Magnetic levitation vehicles
  • High speed ground transportation
  • Railroad safety
  • Risk assessment
  • Safety engineering
  • Regulations
  • maglev
  • magnetic levitation
  • transportation
  • safety
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-VNTSC-FRA-90-3 ; DOT/FRA/ORD-90/09
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Interim Report Sept. 1989 - Aug. 1990
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration
• Abstract:
  The safety of various magnetically levitated trains under development for possible ; implementation in the United States is of direct concern to the Federal Railroad ; Administration. This report, one in a series of planned reports on maglev safety, ; addresses safety issues related to a specific maglev technology, Transrapid. ; The Transrapid maglev system has been under development by the German Government ; over the last 10 to 15 years and has evolved into the current system with the TR-07 ; vehicle. A technically based safety review has been under way over the last year by ; the U.S. Department of Transportation. This interim report presents the initial ; results of this review to identify and assess potential maglev safety issues. ; Section 1 provides a history of the project and explains the need for Federal ; involvement. Section 2 describes the safety evaluation approach applied to the ; review of the Transrapid system. Section 3 describes the current Transrapid ; technology in some detail. Section 4 lists the potential maglev safety issues ; identified to date. Section 5 reviews the risk assessment of the identified safety ; issues. Section 6 proposes resolution options for the identified hazards, including ; a list of areas where modified or new Federal regulations need to be developed. ; Section 7 presents the conclusions of this review and provides recommendations on ; potential rule-making actions.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  RR193/R1019
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8630/dot_8630_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 8.03 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center ; Federal Railroad Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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