REPULSION-TYPE MAGNETIC LEVITATION SYSTEMS FOR HIGH SPEED TRANSPORT (SURVEY OF FOREIGN INVESTIGATIONS)

A survey of the main material published in non-Soviet press with regard to the repulsion-type magnetic levitation systems designed for high-speed surface transport is presented. Brief characteristics of the properties of the levitation systems is given and a classification of the suspension and guidance arrangements with superconducting coils is presented. The paper makes it possible to get an idea about the level of the research in this field outside the USSR. The problems of further investigations into the repulsion-type levitation systems and the dynamic properties of such vehicles are formulated.