《Magnetic levitation performance of hightemperature superconductor over three magnetic hills of permanent magnet guideway with iron shims of different thicknesses》.pdfVIP

J. Mod. Transport. (2014) 22(3):187–193 DOI 10.1007/s40534-014-0049-8 Magnetic levitation performance of high-temperature superconductor over three magnetic hills of permanent magnet guideway with iron shims of different thicknesses Yuming Gong • Gang Liang • Lifeng Zhao • Yong Zhang • Yong Zhao • Xuyong Chen Received: 3 December 2013 / Revised: 27 March 2014 / Accepted: 30 March 2014 / Published online: 10 May 2014 © The Author(s) 2014. This article is published with open access at S Abstract Superconducting magnetic levitation perfor- 1 Introduction mance, including levitation force and guidance force, is important for the application of high-temperature super- Since high-temperature superconducting (HTS) materials conducting maglev. Both of them are not only affected by were found in 1986, people have paid much attention to the different arrays of superconductors and magnets, but also practical application of the permanent magnet–HTS levi- by the thickness of the iron shim between permanent tation system. With the continuous development of super- magnets. In order to obtain the best levitation performance, conducting technology [1–3], HTS maglev has been widely the magnetic field distribution, levitation force, and guid- used in superconducting flywheel energy storage system ance force of a new type of three magnetic hills of per- [4], bearing [5, 6], HTS motors [7, 8], HTS cable [9], HTS manent magnet guideway with iron shim of different maglev vehicle [10, 11], etc. On December 31, 2000, the thicknesses (4, 6, and 8 mm) are discussed in this paper. world’s first manned HTS maglev vehicle was successfully Simulation analysis and experiment results show that the developed in Southwest Jiaotong University [11]. Subse- guideway with iron s