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An Examination Of The Stiffness Terms Needed To Model The Dynamics Of An Eddy Current Based Maglev Vehicle, Colton W. Bruce, Jonathan Bird
An Examination Of The Stiffness Terms Needed To Model The Dynamics Of An Eddy Current Based Maglev Vehicle, Colton W. Bruce, Jonathan Bird
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This paper re-examines the basis for each eddy current stiffness term computed from prior published steady-state eddy current models. The paper corrects prior analysis work by confirming, through the use of 2-D and 3-D dynamic finite element analysis modelling, that when a magnetic source is moving over an infinite-wide and infinite-long conductive sheet guideway the steady-state lateral and translational stiffness terms will be zero and only the vertical coupled stiffness terms need to be modelled. Using these observations, a much simplified 6 degrees-of-freedom (DoF) linearized eddy current dynamic force model can be used to compute the steady-state force changes in …