CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COMBINED LEVITATION AND GUIDANCE SYSTEM USING GROUND COILS ON THE SIDE WALL OF THE GUIDEWAY

Characteristics of a combined levitation and guidance system arranging ground coils on the surface of the side wall is studied. It is shown analytically that the system can generate levitation force and guidance force by the same ground coil and can raise drag ration. And using numerical examples some features of the levitation force and stiffnesses are shown.