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This paper presents a three-degree-of-freedom model of a section of the magnetically levitated train MagLev. The MagLev system dealt with in this article utilizes electromagnetic levitation. Each MagLev vehicle section is viewed as two separate parts, namely a body and a chassis, coupled by a set of springs and dampers. The MagLev model includes the propulsion, the guidance and the levitation systems. The equations of motion are developed. A Simulink simulation framework is implemented in order to study the interaction between the different systems and the dynamics of a MagLev vehicle. The simulation framework will eventually serve as a tool to assist the design and development of the MagLev system in the United States of America.

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Simulink simulation framework MagLev magnetically levitated train equations of motion

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A Simulink simulation framework of a MagLev model

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