What Is Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit For the purpose of urban passenger transportation, the Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit system is a LiDAR-guided articulated bus system. On June 2, 2017, it was shown to the public in Zhuzhou, which is located in Hunan province. It was developed by CRRC Zhuzhou Institute Co Ltd. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit Chapter 2: Shanghai Metro Chapter 3: Shenzhen Metro Chapter 4: Tianjin Metro Chapter 5: Wuhan Metro Chapter 6: Chongqing Rail Transit Chapter 7: Chengdu Metro Chapter 8: Urban rail transit in China Chapter 9: Automatic train operation Chapter 10: Public transport in Shanghai Chapter 11: Ningbo Rail Transit Chapter 12: Kunming Metro Chapter 13: Foshan Metro Chapter 14: Nanning Metro Chapter 15: Trams in China Chapter 16: Shenzhen Tram Chapter 17: Wenzhou rail transit Chapter 18: Trams in Wuhan Chapter 19: Tianshui Tram Chapter 20: Line 2 (Chengdu Tram) Chapter 21: Shanghai Rail Transit (II) Answering the public top questions about autonomous rail rapid transit. (III) Real world examples for the usage of autonomous rail rapid transit in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of autonomous rail rapid transit' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of autonomous rail rapid transit.

Robot Systems for Rail Transit Applications presents the latest advances in robotics and artificial intelligence for railway systems, giving foundational principles and running through special problems in robot systems for rail transit. State-of-the art research in robotics and railway systems is presented alongside a series of real-world examples. Eight chapters give definitions and characteristics of rail transit robot systems, describe assembly and collaborative robots in manufacturing, introduce automated guided vehicles and autonomous rail rapid transit, demonstrate inspection robots, cover trench robots, and explain unmanned aerial vehicles. This book offers an integrated and highly-practical way to approach robotics and artificial intelligence in rail-transit. - Introduces robot and artificial intelligence (AI) systems for rail transit applications - Presents research alongside step-by-step coverage of real-world cases - Gives the theoretical foundations underlying practical application - Offers solutions for high-speed railways from the latest work in robotics - Shows how robotics and AI systems afford new and efficient methods in rail transit

What Is Personal Rapid Transit Personal rapid transit (PRT), also known as podcars or guided/railed taxis, is a form of public transportation that utilizes small automated vehicles and operates them on a network of specially built guideways. Other names for this type of transportation include personal rapid transit (PRT) and guided/railed taxis. Automated guideway transit (AGT) is a kind of system that also comprises bigger vehicles and extends all the way down to smaller subway systems. PRT falls under the AGT category. When it comes to the paths that it takes, it leans more like personal public transportation systems. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Personal rapid transit Chapter 2: People mover Chapter 3: Automated guideway transit Chapter 4: Passenger rail terminology Chapter 5: Cabinentaxi Chapter 6: Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit Chapter 7: ULTra (rapid transit) Chapter 8: Headway Chapter 9: SEA Underground Chapter 10: Cable Liner Chapter 11: Vought Airtrans Chapter 12: Ford ACT Chapter 13: Alden staRRcar Chapter 14: ROMAG Chapter 15: Computer-controlled Vehicle System Chapter 16: Public transport Chapter 17: Krauss-Maffei Transurban Chapter 18: Dashaveyor Chapter 19: Minitram Chapter 20: List of automated transit networks suppliers Chapter 21: Unbuilt Rosemont personal rapid transit system (II) Answering the public top questions about personal rapid transit. (III) Real world examples for the usage of personal rapid transit in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of personal rapid transit' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of personal rapid transit.

This book offers a snapshot of the latest research and developments in road and railway vehicle dynamics. Gathering peer-reviewed contributions to the 27th Symposium of the International Association of Vehicle System Dynamics (IAVSD), held online on August 17–19, 2021, from Saint Petersburg, Russia, it offers extensive information for both researchers and professionals in the field of ground vehicle dynamics, control and design. It covers cutting-edge methods and solutions for solving ground vehicle system dynamics-related problems, concerning control and monitoring, performance, safety and braking of road and rail vehicles, including electric and autonomous ones. Further, it reports on significant advances in vehicle design, and important applications to improve ride comfort. Overall, the book provides academics and professional with a timely reference guide on theories and methods to understand, analyze and improve vehicle stability and dynamics in a broad range of different operating conditions. Chapter "Experimental Validation of a Semi-physical Modelling Approach of the Influence of Tyre Rotation on the Vertical Tyre Force Transmission and Tyre Kinematics" is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Unmanned Driving Systems for Smart Trains explores the core technologies involved in unmanned driving systems for smart railways and trains, from foundational theory to the latest advances. The volume introduces the key technologies, research results and frontiers of the field. Each chapter includes practical cases to ground theory in practice. Seven chapters cover key aspects of unmanned driving systems for smart trains, including performance evaluation, algorithm-based reasoning and learning strategy, main control parameters, data mining and processing, energy saving optimization and control, and intelligent algorithm simulation platforms. This book will help researchers find solutions in developing better unmanned driving systems. - Responds to the expansion of smart railways and the adoption of unmanned global systems - Covers core technologies of unmanned driving systems for smart trains - Details a large number of case studies and experimental designs for unmanned railway systems - Adopts a multidisciplinary view where disciplines intersect at key points - Gives both foundational theory and the latest theoretical and practical advances for unmanned railways

What Is Ground Effect Train An alternative to a magnetic levitation train (sometimes known as a maglev train) is a ground effect train. In both scenarios, avoiding the vehicle making contact with the ground should be the primary focus of the driver. While a maglev train does this via the utilization of magnetism, a ground effect train does so through the utilization of an air cushion, either in the manner of a hovercraft or by the utilization of the "wing-in-ground-effect" design. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Ground effect train Chapter 2: Linear motor Chapter 3: Propulsion Chapter 4: Hovercraft Chapter 5: Transrapid Chapter 6: Linear induction motor Chapter 7: Electrodynamic suspension Chapter 8: Levitation Chapter 9: Hoverboard Chapter 10: Inductrack Chapter 11: Maglev Chapter 12: Hovercar Chapter 13: Aérotrain Chapter 14: Electromagnetic suspension Chapter 15: SCMaglev Chapter 16: Turbojet train Chapter 17: ROMAG Chapter 18: Tracked Hovercraft Chapter 19: Hovertrain Chapter 20: Otis Hovair Chapter 21: Magnetic levitation (II) Answering the public top questions about ground effect train. (III) Real world examples for the usage of ground effect train in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of ground effect train' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of ground effect train.

This textbook examines key railway engineering topics useful for railway design and control. Conventional railways are considered together with high-speed railways, tramways, metros, maglev and hyperloop systems, people movers, monorails and rack railways. Every system of transport is described in its basic technical characteristics, especially in terms of transportation system capacity, alignment design criteria and construction costs. It is an introductory book to specific topics of the railway engineering field, and thus, the mathematical treatment is purposely brief and simplified. The book is an ideal learning resource for students of civil engineering, as well as a valuable reference for practicing engineers involved with railway designs.

What Is Mass Driver The linear motor of a mass driver or electromagnetic catapult would be used to accelerate and catapult payloads up to high speeds. This non-rocket technique of spacelaunch is referred to as a mass driver or electromagnetic catapult. The electromagnets that are used in mass drivers both already in use and those that are being considered employ coils of wire that are activated by electricity. However, a rotary mass driver has also been suggested. The acceleration of a payload along a route is achieved by firing a sequence of electromagnets in sequential order. The momentum of the payload causes it to continue moving even after it has left the route. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Mass driver Chapter 2: Rocket Chapter 3: Spacecraft propulsion Chapter 4: Ion thruster Chapter 5: Pulsed plasma thruster Chapter 6: Beam-powered propulsion Chapter 7: Fusion rocket Chapter 8: Projectile Chapter 9: Railgun Chapter 10: Propellant Chapter 11: Coilgun Chapter 12: Orbital maneuver Chapter 13: Space gun Chapter 14: Momentum exchange tether Chapter 15: Launch loop Chapter 16: Plasma propulsion engine Chapter 17: Spacecraft electric propulsion Chapter 18: Reaction engine Chapter 19: Non-rocket spacelaunch Chapter 20: Field propulsion Chapter 21: Ram accelerator (II) Answering the public top questions about mass driver. (III) Real world examples for the usage of mass driver in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of mass driver' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of mass driver.

This volume presents a portfolio of cases and applications on technology roadmapping (TRM) for products and services. It provides a brief overview on criteria or metrics used for evaluating the success level of TRM and then offers six case examples from sectors such as transportation, smart technologies and household electronics. A new innovation in this book is a section of detailed technology roadmap samples that technology managers can apply to emerging technologies.