Glossary of Maglev Terms

Maglev Terms:
BAA to headway, HSGT to LSM, MAGLEV to WES

HSGT

High Speed Ground Transportation.

HSR

High Speed Rail.

HSST

High Speed Surface Transportation.

ICE

Intercity Express.

Intermodal

Unified, interconnected forms of transportation.

inventor

An electrical circuit device which reverses an input to an opposite output in terms of some electrical characteristics such as polarity, voltage, or frequency.

ISTEA

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act.

IVHS

Intelligent Vehicle/Highway Systems.

LCLSM

locally commutated linear synchronous motor.

levitating

To rise or cause to rise into air and float in apparent defiance of gravity.

levitation, magnetic

Support technology that keeps a vehicle separated from its guideway by riding a surface of magnetic force.

life cycle

The useful or total productive time span of an asset or system. or
The present value total cost for acquisition and operation over the cost useful life of an asset or system.

LIM

linear induction motor

line haul time

Transportation service time between points without consideration of external time factors such as access to the system or entry and exit requirements.

long stator

Propulsion using an electrically powered linear motor winding in the guideway.

LS

Limited sharing of rights of way.

LSM

linear synchronous motor.

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