MAGLEV THE FUTURE TRAINS
Maglev trains are the future of high speed trains. Maglev
combines the benefits of airplanes with
the benefits of trains to create "flying trains". Maglev trains use
electromagnetic techonology to
allow trains to actually hover above the ground. With the friction of wheels on rails
gone, a whole
new era of high speed trains is possible. Tracks for maglev trains are different from
those of
conventional trains. They are elevated above ground, allowing everything else to go
underneath it,
and nothing will stand in the way of 300mph trains.
Maglev trains use the simple technology of magnets to raise the train of the
ground, hence the
name "Maglev". Everyone knows that if you put two magnets together in a certain
way there will
be a strong magnetic attraction and the two magents will clamp together. This is called
"attraction". If one of those magnets is fliped over then there will be a strong
magnetic repulsion
and the magnets will push eachother apart. This is called "repulsion". Now
imagine a long line of
magnets alternatly placed along a track. And a line of alternatly placed magnets on the
bottm of
the train. If these magnets are properly controlled the trains will lift of the ground by
the magnetic
repulsion or magnetic atraction. The power of the magnets can also be controlled to move
the
train foward, and fast.
