How Japan's Maglev Train Works

Sign up to Brilliant using my link and get a 30 day free trial AND 20% off your an annual subscription: https://brilliant.org/realengineering Watch this video ad free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/realengineering-japans-next-train-revolution Get your Real Engineering shirts at: https://standard.tv/collections/real-engineering Footage Courtesy of Tom Scott References: [1]https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1631263/FULLTEXT01.pdf [2]https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ki-Chan-Kim/publication/3111983_Review_of_Maglev_train_technologies/links/570391ea08aedbac12706f29/Review-of-Maglev-train-technologies.pdf [3]https://sites.pitt.edu/~budny/papers/8151.pdf [4]https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/0-387-27533-9_84#:~:text=The%20superconducting%20coils%20of%20the,system%20of%20the%20maglev%20vehicles. [5]https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0196890414004300 [6]https://www.czechtrafo.cz/en/cores/trends-in-development-of-magnetic-circuit/ [7]https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/908938 [8]https://scmaglev.jr-central-global.com/about/emergency/ [9]https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/119914 [10]https://www.energy.gov/articles/how-maglev-works#:~:text=The%20magnets%20employed%20are%20superconducting,suspend%20and%20propel%20a%20train. [11]https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/rpa-org/pdfs/Where-HSR-Works-Best.pdf [12]https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/1293705 [13]https://www.jrailpass.com/blog/maglev-bullet-train [14]https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328733747_Energy_Consumption_of_Track-Based_High-Speed_Transportation_Systems_Maglev_Technologies_in_Comparison_with_Steel-Wheel-Rail [19]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%AB%C5%8D_Shinkansen#Development_overview Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images Thank you to AP Archive for access to their archival footage. Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator Thank you to my patreon supporters: Abdullah Alotaibi, Adam Flohr, Henning Basma, Hank Green, William Leu, Tristan Edwards, Ian Dundore, John & Becki Johnston. Nevin Spoljaric, Jason Clark, Thomas Barth, Johnny MacDonald, Stephen Foland, Alfred Holzheu, Abdulrahman Abdulaziz Binghaith, Brent Higgins, Dexter Appleberry, Alex Pavek, Marko Hirsch, Mikkel Johansen, Hibiyi Mori. Viktor Józsa, Ron Hochsprung