Safety of high-speed magnetic-levitation transportation systems. Magnetic-field testing of the TR07 maglev vehicle and system. Volume 1. Analysis. Final report Jun 91-Mar 92

Technical Report · Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:7242764

Dietrich, F; Feero, W E

The safety of various magnetically levitated (maglev) and high speed rail (HSR) trains proposed for application in the United States is of direct concern to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). The characterization of electric and magnetic fields (EMF) emissions, both steady (dc) and produced by alternating currents (ac) at power frequency (50 Hz in Europe and 60 Hz in the U.S.) and other frequencies in the Extreme Low Frequency (ELF) range (3-3000 Hz), and associated public and worker exposures to EMF, are a growing health and safety concern worldwide. As part of a comprehensive safety assessment of the German TransRapid (TR-07) maglev system undertaken by the FRA, with technical support from the DOT/RSPA Volpe National Transportation System Center (VNTSC), magnetic field measurements were performed by Electric Research and Management, Inc. (ERM) at the Transrapid Test Facility (TVE) in Emsland, Germany in August, 1990. Volume I-Analysis summarizes the experimental findings and compares results to common home, work, and power lines emissions for selected spectral bands.

• Research Organization: Electric Research and Management, Inc., State College, PA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 7242764
• Report Number(s): PB-92-224666/XAB; CNN: DTFR-53-91-C-00047
• Resource Relation: Other Information: See also Volume 2, PB92-224674. Sponsored by Federal Railroad Administration, Washington, DC. Office of Research and Development, and John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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