Linear induction motors (LIMs) are a type of electric motor that produce linear motion instead of rotational motion. They are widely used in various applications, including transportation systems ...

Launching things with electromagnetism is pretty fun, with linear induction motors being a popular design that finds use from everywhere in hobby designs like [Tom Stanton]’s to the ...

An inventor traces the evolution of a single engineering idea, from Michael Faraday’s first motors to levitating trains ...

The EMALS is an electromagnetic catapult that relies upon a linear induction motor, rather than a traditional steam piston, to launch aircraft. The Ford-class aircraft carriers are the most expensive ...

A linear induction motor with the number of grooves of the inductor equal to 6 (z1 = 6) is the object of study. The mathematical model is implemented in the MATLAB software environment. To work with ...

Abstract: The idea of using linear motors for railway traction is not new, a patent having been filed nearly 60 years ago. However, the limitations imposed by centrifugal forces in conventional ...

This article proposes a solution to increase the levitation force of a single-sided linear induction motor (SLIM) at medium-to-high speed by adding an appendix of ferromagnetic material to its rear ...