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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Transportation Systems and Technology</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Transportation Systems and Technology</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Сетевой электронный журнал "Транспортные системы и технологии"</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="electronic">2413-9203</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Eco-Vector</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">7593</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17816/transsyst20151216-25</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Review</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Обзоры</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Maglev-cobra: an urban transportation system For highly populated cityes</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Maglev-cobra: an urban transportation system For highly populated cityes</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Stephan</surname><given-names>Richard Magdalena</given-names></name><address><country country="BR">Brazil</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Dr.-Ing., professor</p></bio><email>richard@dee.ufrj.br</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>de Andrade Junior</surname><given-names>Rubens</given-names></name><address><country country="BR">Brazil</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>D.Sc., professor</p></bio><email>randrade@dee.ufrj.br</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ferreira</surname><given-names>Antonio Carlos</given-names></name><address><country country="BR">Brazil</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Ph.D., professor</p></bio><email>ferreira@coep.ufrj.br</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Costa</surname><given-names>Felipe Santos</given-names></name><address><country country="BR">Brazil</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>M.Sc., engineer</p></bio><email>felipe@pee.ufrj.br</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Machado</surname><given-names>Ocione José</given-names></name><address><country country="BR">Brazil</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>B.Sc., technician</p></bio><email>ocione@dee.ufrj.br</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Federal University of Rio de Janeiro</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru"></institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2015-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2015</year></pub-date><volume>1</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">NO2 (2015)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">№2 (2015)</issue-title><fpage>16</fpage><lpage>25</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2017-12-23"><day>23</day><month>12</month><year>2017</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2015, Stephan R.M., de ANDRADE Junior R., Ferreira A.C., Costa F.S., Machado O.J.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2015, Stephan R.M., de ANDRADE Junior R., Ferreira A.C., Costa F.S., Machado O.J.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2015</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Stephan R.M., de ANDRADE Junior R., Ferreira A.C., Costa F.S., Machado O.J.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Stephan R.M., de ANDRADE Junior R., Ferreira A.C., Costa F.S., Machado O.J.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.eco-vector.com/transsyst/article/view/7593">https://journals.eco-vector.com/transsyst/article/view/7593</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>This paper describes the construction and operation of a superconducting magnetically levitated vehicle applied to urban transportation. The technology was tested with a full-scale prototype named MagLev-Cobra. Comparisons with wheel and rail technology, high speed MagLev and other MagLev technologies are presented and application niches identified. The steps for commercialization will also be addressed.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>This paper describes the construction and operation of a superconducting magnetically levitated vehicle applied to urban transportation. The technology was tested with a full-scale prototype named MagLev-Cobra. Comparisons with wheel and rail technology, high speed MagLev and other MagLev technologies are presented and application niches identified. The steps for commercialization will also be addressed.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>magnetic levitation</kwd><kwd>superconductivity</kwd><kwd>linear traction</kwd><kwd>maglev-cobra</kwd><kwd>urban transportation</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>ATKINS High Speed Line Study - Strategic Rail Authority, UK, 2002.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Stephan R. M., de Andrade Jr. R., Ferreira A. C. 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