[ale] OT: Maglev funding?

Jim Kinney jim.kinney at gmail.com
Tue Feb 17 13:58:38 EST 2009


On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
> Jim Kinney wrote:
>> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I was specifically referring to when a loaded car takes a curve.
>>> Certainly a load of 80 tons is going to 'push' the car to the outside of
>>> the curve?
>>>
>>
>> It's not the weight of the car that will cause it to "push" to the
>> outside of the track on a curve. It's inertia. The car will keep
>> trying to go in a straight line. But tracks try to curve out from
>> under the wheels and are stopped by the flange on the wheels.
>
> I understand the physics.  Greater inertia with a loaded car?

Yes. More mass = more inertia. But the wheels max out at the flange
with an empty car so more load has no further effect.
>
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