Linear Superconducting Magnetic Bearing for Urban Transportation

This paper describes the evolution and perspectives of the Superconducting Magnetic Levitation (SML) method, based on High Critical Temperature Superconductors (HTS) and Rare-Earth Permanent Magnets, to reach commercial application for urban transportation. All the results showed in this article were obtained by tests made on the Maglev-Cobra track at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).