Re: Transrapid abandons Sydney-Canberra

[mdeen@xs4.xs4all.nl (Maarten Deen)]

DELETE.THIS.hjz@Zierke.com (Hans-Joachim Zierke) writes:

>Maarten Deen schrieb:

>> I wonder if that's true. Wheel-rail friction is eliminated whith a maglev
>> system. Doesn't this mean less friction overall?

>Sure!

>Unfortunately, I do not know the relevance of wheel-rail friction at 400 
>km/h. Anybody with real-world data?

>My guesstimate is a number between 1% and 0.1%.

May be true, but why does transrapid accelerate so fast? To accelerate
fast you should have a) lots of power, or b) low friction/drag. If you
compare TR's data with the recordruns of TGV 325, than TR accelerates from
0 to 430 in 4 minutes, and TGV 325 needed 8 minutes from 0 to 440. Where
is the gap?

Maarten