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Title: Safety of high speed guided ground transportation systems: Magnetic and electric field testing of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) urban transit system. Volume 2. Appendices. Final report, September 1992-March 1993

Abstract

The safety of magnetically levitated (maglev) and high speed rail (HSR) trains proposed for application in the United States is the responsibility of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). Plans for near future US applications include maglev projects (e.g. in Orlando, FL and Pittsburgh, PA) and high speed rail (the French Train a Grande Vitesse (TGV) in the Texas Triangle). The report provides the Analysis (Vol. I) of results, and detailed data and statistical summaries (Vol. II, Appendices) of representative EMF profiles on vehicles and facilities typical of electrotechnologies used in the transit system (3rd rail dc, catenary with pantograph, trolley bus). Each electrotechnology has specific EMF frequency signatures. EMF data represent a range of system operating conditions and locations (in vehicles, stations and waysides), as well as traffic control and electrical power supply facilities.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Department of Transportation, Cambridge, MA (United States). John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
OSTI Identifier:
5882747
Report Number(s):
PB-93-227627/XAB; DOT-VNTSC-FRA-93-6.2
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: See also Volume 1, PB--93-227619 and PB--93-223089
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; LEVITATED TRAINS; SAFETY; DIAGRAMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEYS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; MASSACHUSETTS; NATIONAL GOVERNMENT; PITTSBURGH; PLANNING; RAIL TRANSPORT; RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEMS; REGULATORY GUIDES; STATISTICAL DATA; TEXAS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; URBAN AREAS; CONTROL; DATA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DOCUMENT TYPES; ELECTRICAL SURVEYS; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; INFORMATION; LAND TRANSPORT; NORTH AMERICA; NUMERICAL DATA; PENNSYLVANIA; SURVEYS; TRAINS; TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; USA; VEHICLES; 320202* - Energy Conservation, Consumption, & Utilization- Transportation- Railway

Citation Formats

Jacobs, W L, Robertson, D C, and Steiner, G A. Safety of high speed guided ground transportation systems: Magnetic and electric field testing of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) urban transit system. Volume 2. Appendices. Final report, September 1992-March 1993. United States: N. p., 1993. Web.
Jacobs, W L, Robertson, D C, & Steiner, G A. Safety of high speed guided ground transportation systems: Magnetic and electric field testing of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) urban transit system. Volume 2. Appendices. Final report, September 1992-March 1993. United States.
Jacobs, W L, Robertson, D C, and Steiner, G A. 1993. "Safety of high speed guided ground transportation systems: Magnetic and electric field testing of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) urban transit system. Volume 2. Appendices. Final report, September 1992-March 1993". United States.
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title = {Safety of high speed guided ground transportation systems: Magnetic and electric field testing of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) urban transit system. Volume 2. Appendices. Final report, September 1992-March 1993},
author = {Jacobs, W L and Robertson, D C and Steiner, G A},
abstractNote = {The safety of magnetically levitated (maglev) and high speed rail (HSR) trains proposed for application in the United States is the responsibility of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). Plans for near future US applications include maglev projects (e.g. in Orlando, FL and Pittsburgh, PA) and high speed rail (the French Train a Grande Vitesse (TGV) in the Texas Triangle). The report provides the Analysis (Vol. I) of results, and detailed data and statistical summaries (Vol. II, Appendices) of representative EMF profiles on vehicles and facilities typical of electrotechnologies used in the transit system (3rd rail dc, catenary with pantograph, trolley bus). Each electrotechnology has specific EMF frequency signatures. EMF data represent a range of system operating conditions and locations (in vehicles, stations and waysides), as well as traffic control and electrical power supply facilities.},
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year = {Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993},
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