Structural and Kinematic Analysis of EMS Maglev （EMS磁悬浮的结构和运动分析）.pdfVIP

5 Structural and Kinematic Analysis of EMS Maglev Trains Zhao Zhisu National University of Defense Technology China 1. Introduction Maglev train is a new means of transport and an integration of the latest high-techs in the field of track-bound transportation system. Over the past half century, the research on vehicle structure has been always a very active area. The researchers realized there is great difference between the movements of the maglev train with that of the conventional rail vehicles. For designing maglev vehicle, creation of a new mechanism is necessary, and then the mechanism is converted to a specific machine to compose vehicles. In this process, machine and mechanism kinematics analysis are indispensable prerequisites. Study of kinematics analysis method and theoretical is the forefront of researching for the structure of maglev train. This chapter aims to introduce author’s the latest research outcome. 2. Structure of maglev trains EMS maglev trains have two basic structures which are represented by German Transrapid and Japanese HSST. Chinese and Korean mid-low speed maglev trains are in these two basic structures now. 2.1 Outline of structure development of ems maglev trains The structure of EMS maglev trains has changed through a rigid aircraft - flexible coupling - modularization structure process. Based on the vehicles levitation running in the air, naturally