Maglev train is the most fundamental breakthrough in railway technology since Stephenson's "rocket" steam locomotive came out about 200 years ago.
Maglev train is a new thing today, but its theoretical preparation has a long history. The research of magnetic levitation technology originated in Germany. As early as 1922, German engineer Herman Qiangsuo put forward the principle of electromagnetic levitation, and applied for the patent of maglev train in 1934.
After 1970s, with the increasing economic strength of the world's industrialized countries, Germany, Japan, the United States, Canada, France, Britain and other developed countries began to plan to develop magnetic levitation transportation systems to improve their transportation capacity and meet the needs of their economic development.
However, the United States and the former Soviet Union abandoned this research project in 1970s and 1980s respectively. At present, Germany, Japan and China have made remarkable progress in the research of magnetic levitation system.
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Development of Maglev Train in China
In the early 1980s, China began to study the low-speed normally-guided maglev train. 1994 10, Southwest Jiaotong University built the first maglev railway test line, carried out manned maglev train test at the same time, successfully carried out maglev train test, and passed the expert appraisal organized by the Ministry of Railways on 1996 10.
Then, the low-speed and constant-guide 6t single bogie maglev test vehicle was tested in the Institute of Iron Science and Technology, and passed the scientific and technological achievements appraisal of the Ministry of Railways in June1998+065438+1October, filling the gap in the technical field of maglev trains in China.
2065438+May 23, 2009 10: 50, China 600 km/h high-speed maglev test prototype rolled off the assembly line in Qingdao. This marks a major breakthrough in the field of high-speed maglev technology in China.
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