GEOLOGY

EARTH SCIENCE

MAGNETISM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Engineers are designing new trains that use magnetic force to allow the train to levitate above the track. What force exists between the bottom of the train and track?
A
attraction
B
repulsion
C
both attraction and repulsion
D
No force, the train moves forward
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Electromagnetic suspension (EMS) uses the attractive force between magnets present on the train’s sides and underside and on the guideway to levitate the train.

Detailed explanation-2: -In Maglev, superconducting magnets suspend a train car above a U-shaped concrete guideway. Like ordinary magnets, these magnets repel one another when matching poles face each other.

Detailed explanation-3: -High-speed maglev (short for magnetic levitation) trains float on air because electrified metal coils in the guideway, or track, repel large magnets attached beneath the train. Since there’s no friction, the train can go fast-more than 300 miles per hour!

Detailed explanation-4: -The big difference between a maglev train and a conventional train is that maglev trains do not have an engine-at least not the kind of engine used to pull typical train cars along steel tracks. The engine for maglev trains is rather inconspicuous.

Detailed explanation-5: -electromagnetic suspension (EMS) uses the attractive magnetic force of a magnet beneath a rail to lift the train up. electrodynamic suspension (EDS) uses a repulsive force between two magnetic fields to push the train away from the rail.

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