| Title | Safety of High Speed Guided Ground Transportation Systems: Magnetic and Electric Field Testing of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Metrorail System: Volume I: Analysis |
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| Record ID | 48741 |
| Personal Name Creator |
Dietrich, Fred M.; Papas, Petros N.; Jacobs, William L.; Ferro, William E. |
| Source | 213p. in various pagings |
| Corporate Creator | Electric Research and Management, Inc. |
| Corporate Contributor |
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research and Development; John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) |
| Publisher | United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration |
| Publication Date | 19930601 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | The safety of magnetically levitated (maglev) and high speed rail (HSR) trains proposed for application in the United States is the responsibility of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). Plans for near future US applications include maglev technology (e.g. in Orlando, FL and Pittsburgh, PA) and high speed rail (e.g, the French Train a Grande Vitesse (TGV) in the Texas triangle, between Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio, and along five designated high speed corridors). Concerns exist regarding the potential safety, environmental and health effects on the public and on transportation workers due to electrification along new or existing rail corridors, and to maglev and high speed rail operations. Therefore, the characterization of electric and magnetic fields (EMF) produced by both steady (dc) and alternating currents (ac) at power frequency (50 Hz in Europe and 60 Hz in the U.S.) and above, in the Extreme Low Frequency (ELF) range (3-3000 Hz) is of interest. An EMF survey of the Washington Metrorail (WMATA) transit system was performed, as part of a comprehensive comparative EMF safety assessment of the German Transrapid (TR-07) maglev system with other existing and advanced rail systems. The report provides the Analysis (Vol. 1) of results, and detailed data and statistical summaries (Vol. 2, Appendices) of representative EMF profiles on vehicles and facilities typical of this transit electrotechnology (third rail dc). EMF data represent a range of train operation conditions and locations (in vehicles, stations and waysides), as well as in traffic control and electrical power supply facilities. |
| Rosap ID | dot:10240 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/10240 |
| TRT Terms | High speed ground transportation; Public transit; Rapid transit; Magnetic detectors; Electromagnetic fields; Waveform analysis; Measurement; Health hazards; Magnetic levitation vehicles; Safety engineering |
| Classification | AGR - SAFETY AND SECURITY - SAFETY AND SECURITY; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Transit Safety and Security; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - SAFETY AND SECURITY |
| Geographical Coverage |
Washington (District of Columbia) |
| TRIS Online Accession No |
638132 |
| Report Number | DOT-FRA-ORD-93-04-VOL-1; DOT-VNTSC-FRA-93-8-VOL-1 |
| Resource type | Tech Report |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/48000/48700/48741/DOT-VNTSC-FRA-93-8.1.pdf |
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| Database | NTL Digital Repository |