maglev
magnetic levitation.
magnetic levitation
Support technology that keeps a vehicle separated from its guideway by riding a surface of magnetic force.
MLU
A Japanese maglev system employing a U shaped guideway.
MN
Mainly new right of way.
NMI
National Maglev Initiative.
NITS
National Intermodal Transportation System
O&M
Operation and maintenance.
OD
Origin destination.
pantograph
A device for collecting current from an overhead conductor, characterized by a hinged vertical arm operating by springs or compressed air and a wide, horizontal contact surface that glides along the wire.
PMT
Passenger Miles Traveled.
PSE
The Paris Lyon Route on which the TGV has been in service since 1981 in France.
right of way
A general term denoting land, property, or interest therein, usually in a strip, acquired for or devoted to transportation purposes.
ROW
Right(s) of way
RTRI
Railway Technical Research Institute, the research section of the newly privatized Japan Rail Group.
SCD
system concept definition.
Shinkansen
Japanese "
bullet train".
short sator
Propulsion technology using a linear induction motor winding onboard the vehicle and a passive guideway.
spline
Any of a series of projections on a shaft that fit into slots on a corresponding shaft.
sator
The nonrotating part of the magnetic structure in an induction motor.
supercon-ductivity
The abrupt and total disappearance of resistance to direct current which occurs in some materials at temperatures near to or somewhat above absolute zero (like 90 K for some high temperature
superconductors)
TGV
Train a Grande Vitesse
Train a Grande Vitesse
The French National Railway’s high speed, steel wheel on rail train.
Transrapid
The German high speed maglev system. This system is nearest to (TR07) commercial readiness.
USACE
United States Army Corps of Engineers.
USML
United States Maglev.
WES
Waterways Experimental Station, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
