NTL Record

Title Safety of High Speed Guided Ground Transportation Systems: Magnetic and Electric Field Testing of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Urban Transit System: Volume II: Appendices
Record ID 50422
Personal Name
Creator
Jacobs, William L.; Robertson, David C.; Steiner, George A.
Source 548p. in various pagings
Corporate Creator Electric Research and Management, Inc.
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration; 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 projects (e.g, in Orlando, FL and Pittsburgh, PA) and high speed rail (the French Train a Grande Vitesse (TGV) in the Texas Triangle). 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 electrotechnologies used in the transit system (3rd rail dc, catenary with pantograph, trolley bus). Each electrotechnology has specific EMF frequency signatures. EMF data represent a range of system operating conditions and locations (in vehicles, stations and waysides), as well as traffic control and electric supply facilities.
Rosap ID dot:11809
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/11809
TRT Terms Electromagnetic fields; High speed ground transportation; Magnetic detectors; Measurement; Public transit; Rapid transit; Statistics; Waveform analysis
Classification NTL - RAIL TRANSPORTATION - High Speed Ground Transportation;
NTL - RAIL TRANSPORTATION - RAIL TRANSPORTATION;
NTL - RAIL TRANSPORTATION - Rail Energy and Environment;
NTL - RAIL TRANSPORTATION - Rail Planning and Policy;
NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Vehicle Design;
NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Rail Safety
Geographical
Coverage
United States
Report Number DOT-FRA-ORD-93-04-VOL-2; DOT-VNTSC-FRA-93-8-VOL-2
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/50000/50400/50422/PB93227627__1_.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository