Open AccessAir Cushion Vehicle (ACV): History Development and Maglev Comparison
Author(s) -
Hugo P. Ferreira,
Ferreira Hugo Pelle,
R.M. Stephan,
Stephan Richard Magdalena
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
transportnye sistemy i tehnologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2413-9203
DOI - 10.17816/transsyst2019515-25
Subject(s) - maglev , train , perspective (graphical) , aeronautics , engineering , automotive engineering , computer science , electrical engineering , geography , artificial intelligence , cartography
This paper will present the ACV working principle and a review of the past research developments of high-speed ACV trains and their efforts in countries like, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, and United States, and the low-speed ACV trains, revealing why the former did not match the expectations and failed, while the latter have been prospered and purchase a well-established market niche in short distance paths.
Finally, this study will promote a direct comparison between the two technologies, ACV and MagLev, with advantages and disadvantages of each one. The ACV development will bring important insights to the research of MagLev trains from a technical and economic perspective, learning with errors of the ACV, that did not enable any high-speed projects to flourish, and, on other hand, the comparative success of the urban ACV, as a complete commercial solution, like the MagLev trains.