List of Tables

Table 1-1. Properties of some commonly-used superconductors at 4.2K

Table 1-2. Approximate refrigeration power required per Watt of dissipation in a cryostat

Table 1-3. Properties of Bi-2223 high-Tc superconductor, operating at 77K, 1 Tesla applied field

Table 1-4. Some prototype high-temperature superconducting magnet designs

Table 1-5. Approximate energy density required for magnet quenching

Table 3-1. Test wheel guideway material parameters

Table 3-2. Test wheel rim structural material parameters

Table 3-3. Test wheel geometry specification

Table 3-4. Wheel speed and linear peripheral velocity

Table 3-5. Summary of maximum calculated stresses in test wheel

Table 3-6. Test wheel components of moments of inertia

Table 3-7. Test wheel resonant frequencies

Table 4-1. High temperature superconducting tape specification

Table 4-2. Prototype HTSC coil electrical parameters

Table 5-1. Comparison of calculations on coil geometries

Table 5-2. Calculation of natural mode frequencies and equivalent velocity

Table 6-1. Relation between wheel speed setting and peripheral velocity

Table 6-2. Scaling law summary for EDS Maglev scaled by factor l

Table 6-3. Scaling law summary for EDS Maglev

Table 6-4. Scaling laws applied to AC lift measurements

Table 8-1. Maglev test fixture structural material parameters, T = 300 K

Table 8-2. Material properties at liquid nitrogen temperature, T = 77 K

Table 8-3. Maglev test fixture structural material thermal parameters, 300K

Table 8-4. Maglev test fixture material electrical parameters

Table 8-5. Properties of Liquid Nitrogen at 1 Atmosphere

Table 8-6. Approximate cost of materials

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