Why Maglev . . . MagLev technology is entirely different from any form of transportation in operation today, but the basic principles that lie at the foundation are not beyond the understanding of the beginning electricity and magnetism student. It is in the application of these principles to design and optimize an actual train that things get hairy. The basic idea has been researched since the mid-sixties, but it is only now that economically feasible prototypes are being …showed first 75 words of 4099 total…

…showed last 75 words of 4099 total…now it's time to enumerate them . . . Books 1. D. Halliday, R. Resnik & K. Krane, Physics, vol. 2, 4th ed. John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1992. 2. Liang Chi Shen and Jin Au Kong, Applied Electromagnetism, 3rd ed. PWS Publishing Company, 1995. 3. I. Boldea and S.A. Nasar, Linear Motion and Electromagnetic Systems. John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1995. Web Sites  The High Speed / Automated Transportation Home Page  The Argonne National Laboratories Home Page  The Railway Technical Research Institute  Magnetbahn: The Unofficial Transrapid Homepage