PPT Seminar

A SEMINAR
PRESENTATION
ON
MONORAIL
TECHNOLOGY
B.KRISHNA VAMSI
SEC: B
R. NO : 192212
CONTENT
➢ INTRODUCTION
➢ WHY MONORAIL ?
➢ HISTORY OF MONO RAIL
➢ WORKING PRINCIPLE
➢ TYPES OF MONORAIL SYSTEM
➢ TECHNICAL ASPECTS
➢ CONSTRUCTION
➢ ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES
➢ MONORAIL VS METRORAIL
➢ FAMOUS MONORAILS & MONORAIL MANUFACTURE
➢ CONCLUSIONS
INTRODUCTION
▪ PROVIDING IMPROVED TRANSPORTATION TECHNIQUE.
▪ EASE AND SAFE TRANSPORTATION, WITHOUT LOSS OF TIME.
▪ MONORAILS RUNS ON SINGLE RAIL AS AGAINST METRO RAIL.
▪ IT CAN BE PUT UP IN ANY CONGESTED AREA
▪ MONORAIL IS POSSIBLE IN CONGESTED AREAS.
▪ CONNECTS ARTERIES AND VEINS OF THE CITY.
▪ THE TRAFFIC IS INCREASING DAY BY DAY , WHICH IS MAKING CITY NOT FIT TO LIVE.
WHY MONORAIL ?
▪ Intermediate capacity guided urban transit system
▪ Requires less space / footprint
▪ System uses 0.80m wide beam to guide the train
▪ Allow Steeper Gradients & Negotiates Sharp Curves
▪ Derailment proof
▪ Feeder service to Metro and Suburban systems
▪ Faster transit connectivity

HISTORY OF MONO RAIL
▪ Concept developed since 1800,first monorail in

Russia in 1820.
▪ First suspended monorail was demonstrated in 1886
in New Jersey and are closer in appearance to
modern monorail.
▪ Most famous was floating railway in 1901, in
Germany.
Gyro Monorail in 1909
▪ Floating railway is still in daily use.
▪ Gyro monorail: true monorail ,use gyroscopic balancing system
▪ Due to massive expansion on road and air transport system after

second world war, monorail was the first one to be abandoned.
▪ But came again into existence due to its eco friendly characteristics.
WORKING PRINCIPLE
▪ Magnetic Levitation (Maglev)
▪ Requires electromagnetic current to

generate magnetic field.
▪ Superconducting electric magnets in the

vehicle to levitate and propel the train
▪ An AC is ran through electromagnet coil
▪ Creates a magnetic field that attracts and repels the

superconducting magnets
▪ Reversing the direction of AC: braking.
▪ Varying intensity of AC : speed change

TYPES OF MONORAIL SYSTEM
Monorails are classified into two

 Straddle type and
 Suspended type Monorail System
▪ Since the Straddle-type travels by straddling the track, its center of gravity is situated
above the track.
▪ The Suspended-type on the other hand, is configured suspending from the track, with
its center of gravity under the track.
❑ Straddle-type Monorail System
❑ Suspended type Monorail System
TECHNICAL ASPECTS
POWER
Almost all modern monorails are
powered by electric motors.
contact wires or electrified
channels attached to or enclosed
in their guidance beams, but
diesel-powered monorail
systems also exist.
MONORAIL ENGINE
WHEEL ARRANGEMENT
SWITCHING
▪ monorails are capable of more efficient

switching than in the past. With suspended
monorails, switching may be accomplished
by moving flanges inside the beam way to
shift trains to one line or another
CONSTRUCTION
▪ Dig a hole
▪ Drop in a pre-built support pylon,
▪ Truck in the track which was manufactured

offsite
▪ Lift into place.

PHASES OF CONSTRUCTION
CONSTRUCTION
PLANNING PHASE DESIGN PHASE
PHASE
• PROJECT • STRUCTURAL • CONSTRUCTION
OBJECTIVE SYSTEM METHOD
• PROJECT SCOPE • GUIDEWAY • SITE LAYOUT

LAYOUT
• SITE INFORMATION
• TECHNOLOGY
ADVANTAGES
▪ Safety
▪ Reliability
▪ Smallest footprint
▪ Lower Cost
▪ Environmental Friendly
▪ Reduced Noise
▪ Aesthetics & Attractive
DISADVANTAGES
▪ To replace a section of track, the entire system needs to be shut down.
▪ The capacity-to-cost ratio is less
▪ Cannot run without electricity.
▪ Immediate exit is not possible
▪ Limited passenger capacity

MONORAIL VS METRORAIL
INSIDE MONORAIL
FAMOUS MONORAILS IN WORLD
Wuppertal , Germany Osaka , Japan
Walt Disney World, Florida Seattle , Washington

MONORAIL MANUFACTURE
CONCLUSION
❑ With the increase in the construction technology of Monorail ,it can reduce the use of city
buses in narrow and busy road and will provide comfort to the passengers because of its
suitability in the congested areas. As it connect the arteries and veins of the city and
proves to be environmental friendly it is going to replace various modes of transportation
which affect environment. With the increase in the population it is necessary for the
advancement of transport technology in order to provide systematic way of
transportation in the near future.
WORKING MECHANISM
ADVANTAGES
➢ The primary advantage of monorails over conventional rail systems is that they require minimal space, both horizontally and
vertically. Monorail vehicles are wider than the beam, and monorail systems are commonly elevated, requiring only a minimal
footprint for support pillars.
➢ A monorail track is usually less expensive to build than a comparable elevated conventional rail line of equal capacity.
➢ Due to a smaller footprint, they are seen as more attractive than conventional elevated rail lines and block only a minimal
amount of sky.
➢ Monorail is, by design, a grade-separated system. They do not interfere with existing transport modes.
➢ They are quieter, as modern monorails use rubber wheels on a concrete track (though some non-monorail subway systems, like
certain lines of the Paris Metro and all of the Montreal metro and Mexico City metro, use the same technique and are equally
quiet)
➢ Unlike conventional rail systems, straddle monorails wrap around their track and are thus not physically capable of derailing,
unless the track itself suffers a catastrophic failure. Rubber-tired monorails are typically designed to cope with 6% grade
DISADVANTAGES
➢ Monorail vehicles are not compatible with any other type of rail infrastructure, which makes (for example) through services onto
mainline tracks impossible.
➢ Monorail tracks do not easily accommodate at-grade intersections.
➢ In an emergency, passengers may not be able to immediately exit because an elevated monorail vehicle is high above ground
and not all systems have emergency walkways. The passengers must sometimes wait until a rescue train, fire engine or a cherry
picker comes to the rescue. Newer monorail systems resolve this by building emergency walkways alongside the entire track, at the
expense of visual intrusion.
➢ Suspended railways resolve this by building aircraft-style evacuation slides into the vehicles. Japanese systems use the next train to
tow broken down trains to the next station, but this has yet to occur.[citation needed]
➢ Turnouts, especially at high speeds, may be marginally more difficult compared to conventional railway points, although certainly
not impossible. Monorail infrastructure and vehicles are often made by separate manufacturers, with different manufacturers using
incompatible designs.

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A SEMINAR

▪ EASE AND SAFE TRANSPORTATION, WITHOUT LOSS OF TIME.

▪ MONORAILS RUNS ON SINGLE RAIL AS AGAINST METRO RAIL.

▪ IT CAN BE PUT UP IN ANY CONGESTED AREA

▪ MONORAIL IS POSSIBLE IN CONGESTED AREAS.

▪ CONNECTS ARTERIES AND VEINS OF THE CITY.

▪ Intermediate capacity guided urban transit system

▪ Requires less space / footprint

▪ System uses 0.80m wide beam to guide the train

▪ Allow Steeper Gradients & Negotiates Sharp Curves

▪ Feeder service to Metro and Suburban systems

▪ Faster transit connectivity

▪ Concept developed since 1800,first monorail in

▪ Gyro monorail: true monorail ,use gyroscopic balancing system

▪ Due to massive expansion on road and air transport system after

▪ Magnetic Levitation (Maglev)

▪ Requires electromagnetic current to

▪ Superconducting electric magnets in the

▪ Creates a magnetic field that attracts and repels the

▪ Reversing the direction of AC: braking.

▪ Varying intensity of AC : speed change

Monorails are classified into two

▪ monorails are capable of more efficient

▪ Drop in a pre-built support pylon,

▪ Truck in the track which was manufactured

▪ Lift into place.

• PROJECT SCOPE • GUIDEWAY • SITE LAYOUT

▪ To replace a section of track, the entire system needs to be shut down.

▪ The capacity-to-cost ratio is less

▪ Cannot run without electricity.

▪ Immediate exit is not possible

▪ Limited passenger capacity

Wuppertal , Germany Osaka , Japan

Walt Disney World, Florida Seattle , Washington

➢ Monorail tracks do not easily accommodate at-grade intersections.

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