Oxford Physics Short Talks and Introductions

Lab, Camera, Action: Maglev Train

Feb 3, 2014 · 5 min · 5.2 MB
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Wheels are so last century. We’ve got a train set which doesn’t have any; it just floats around the track in a billowing cloud of steam. Dr Andrew Steele explains how our superconducting magnetic levitation—or maglev—train really works.