Roadway for high performance rapid transit railways
AssigneeMichael Simon
InventorsWerner Huebner, Michael Simon, Peter Wagner
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Abstract
A roadway for rapid transit railways comprises concrete or reinforced concrete piers supporting an all steel support or suspension structure for the support and/or suspension as well as guiding of the vehicles.
Claims14
In a railroad track for a high performance rapid transit railway employing overhang and underhang suspension vehicles of the type comprising a support structure including supporting means and guide devices, whereby said support structure is either formed as a solid girder, or as a framework or truss work, the improvement wherein the support structure further comprises two longitudinally extending main girders arranged opposite each other, and at least one reaction rail rigidly mounted with respect to said main girders and positioned for receiving an electro-magnetic effect, said reaction rail being mounted to constitute a supporting element of the supporting structure, wherein said two main girders have open cross sections, and wherein said supporting means comprise supporting columns as well as cross struts interconnecting said main girders and arranged adjacent the bottoms of the main girders in the area of said supporting columns.
A railroad track for a high performance rapid transit railway for supporting a vehicle of the type carrying the moving portion of a linear motor, comprising a pair of horizontally, spaced apart structural steel beams, first reaction rail means rigidly affixed to at least one of said beams to form a load bearing element of the respective beam, whereby said beams and first rail means together constitute the support structure of said tracks, said reaction rail means being positioned to receive electromagnetic effects from a linear motor of a vehicle on said track, and further comprising second U-shaped armature reaction rail means also rigidly secured to at least one of said beams for electro-magnetic suspension and guiding of said vehicle, whereby both of said reaction rail means constitute load bearing components of the track.
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