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SUPERMETRO - Super-High-Speed Train in Low Pressure Tunnel

Last updated on 13 September 2013 11:11

Since the air resistance of high speed railway increases rapidly with speed, especially in tunnel, the railway in vacuum even with use of gravity is proposed in USA in about 11956 and the development of it was initiated in Switzerland in about 1980 as "Swissmetro". The application of it to...

Author(s): Sato Y.;Konagai K.;Maeda T.;Saito S.;Satoh T.;Ishida M.

Organisation(s): Railway Track System Institute ; University of Tokyo ; Railway Technical Research Institute ; Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency ;

2006

Japan

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