Study on the effect of transition curve to the dynamic characteristics of high-temperature superconducting maglev

High temperature superconducting (HTS) maglev technology is becoming more and more mature, and many key technologies have been deeply studied. However, the transition curve plays a key role in HTS maglev system, and related studies have not been carried out. In this paper series of simulations were conducted to test the lateral and vertical vibration of HTS maglev when passing through curves. Two magnetic guideways, of which one has transition curves but the other does not, are designed to test the vibration characteristics of a mini HIS maglev model running though curves. Results show that after adding transition curves between straight line and circular curve the vibration of HIS inaglev model in lateral and vertical directions are all weakened in different degrees. It proves that adding transition curve into HIS maglev system is favorable and necessary. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.