How strong is the Interstate Traveler Rail Conduit Cluster?
Fully manufactured from 1″ steel plate and tubing, the Interstate Traveler Rail Conduit Cluster has been engineered to support 88,000 of static force when rail cars are at rest. This value was determined using basic finite element analysis (FEA). The Commuter Rail Cars have four independent linear motors supporting the weight of the car in much the same fashion as a four wheeled car. Heavy load vehicles will have six motors (3 / side). With rail sections spanning 66 feet between stanchion poles, and the cars distributing the weight over multiple independent linear motors, the center point between the rail will not support a concentrated mass. There is approximately 30 tons of steel per section of rail. In one mile parallel installation of Interstate Traveler Rail, there is 160 section totaling 4,800 tons of steel per mile of Interstate Traveler Rail for rail sections only.
