Study on the effect of transition curve to the dynamic characteristics of high-temperature superconducting maglev

• Vibration of a HTS maglev model on two guideways was studied.
• Simulation about vibration of HTS maglev on two guideways is accomplished.
• Transition curve can weaken vibration of HTS maglev effectively when it running through curves.
• Dynamic characteristics of HTS maglev can be enhanced with transition curve.

High temperature superconducting (HTS) maglev technology is becoming more and more mature, and many key technologies have been deeply studied. However, the transition curve plays a key role in HTS maglev system, and related studies have not been carried out. In this paper series of simulations were conducted to test the lateral and vertical vibration of HTS maglev when passing through curves. Two magnetic guideways, of which one has transition curves but the other does not, are designed to test the vibration characteristics of a mini HTS maglev model running though curves. Results show that after adding transition curves between straight line and circular curve the vibration of HTS maglev model in lateral and vertical directions are all weakened in different degrees. It proves that adding transition curve into HTS maglev system is favorable and necessary.