NTL Record

Title United States-Federal Republic of Germany cooperative study of planned magnetically levitated vehicle ride quality
Record ID 33333
Personal Name
Creator
Sussman, E. Donald; Dumas, Joseph S.; Wichansky, Anna M.; Abernethy, Charles N., III
Source 54p. in various pagings
Corporate Creator John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.); Langley Research Center
Publisher John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Publication Date 19791000
Language English
Abstract The major goal of the second phase was to estimate the absolute comfort levels which would be associated with actual travel on highspeed, interurban, fixed-guideway, transportation systems. To accomplish this goal, the study design incorporated many of the features to e found in such travel including realistic trip durations, simulations of the visual aspects of the countryside, control of subject expectation through descriptions of the characteristics of the vehicles simulated, and subject performance of activities analogous to those actually caried out during travel. Forty-five minute trip lengths (approximately the duration planned for the mag-lev systems) were used and during these trips, apssengers were exposed to five eight-minute trip segments which represented different speed-guideway configurations.
Rosap ID dot:8588
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8588
TRT Terms Magnetic levitation vehicles; Ride quality; High speed ground transportation; Guideways
Classification NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - SAFETY AND SECURITY;
NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Human Factors
Geographical
Coverage
Federal Republic of Germany; United States
Report Number RS006-PM-79-31
Availability Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/33000/33300/33333/33333.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository