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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=SL link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Vabimo vas na 8. predavanje iz sklopa "Kolokviji na IJS" v letu 2015/16, ki bo <strong><span style='color:red'>v sredo, 16. decembra 2015, ob 13. uri </span></strong><span style='color:red'>v Veliki predavalnici Instituta »Jožef Stefan«</span> na Jamovi cesti 39 v Ljubljani. Napovednik predavanja najdete tudi na naslovu <a href="http://www.ijs.si/ijsw/Koledar_prireditev">http://www.ijs.si/ijsw/Koledar_prireditev</a>, posnetke preteklih predavanj<span style='color:blue'> </span>pa na <a href="http://videolectures.net/kolokviji_ijs">http://videolectures.net/kolokviji_ijs</a>. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>prof. dr. Ludwig Schultz<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>Institute of Metallic Materials, Leibniz Institute of Solid State and Materials Research (IFW) Dresden, Institute of Materials Science, Technical University Dresden & evico GmbH, Dresden, Nem</span></i><i><span style='mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>č</span></i><i><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>ija<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Interakcija feromagnetnih in superprevodnih permanentnih magnetov: superprevodna levitacija<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Superprevodni magnetni le</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>ž</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>aji na osnovi visokotemperaturnih superprevodniki bodo nove na</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>č</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>ine prevoza in logistike v mestih pribli</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>ž</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>ali stvarnosti. Prednost superprevodne magnetne levitacije je, da je pasivno stabilna brez kakr</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>š</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>nega koli elektronskega nadzora, a vseeno generira privla</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>č</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>ne in odbojne sile, ki dr</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>ž</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>ijo tako mirujo</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>č</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>e kot hitro gibajo</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>č</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>e se vozilo v stabilni vise</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>č</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>i ali stoje</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>č</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>i legi. To so izvrstni pogoji za posami</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>č</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>no tirno vozilo s kabino za 4 ali 5 potnikov, ki je na voljo na poziv. Ta vozila bodo brez hrupa levitirala nad tiri iz permanentnih magnetov iz redkih zemelj ter prihranila energijo in </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>č</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>as potovanja. Velik korak naprej v tej viziji smo napravili v Dresdnu. Odprli smo najve</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>č</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>ji svetovni raziskovalni in testni laboratorij za transportne sisteme z visokotemperaturnimi superprevodnimi magneti za levitacijo in vodenje v kombinaciji s tirom iz permanentnih magnetov. Vozilo za 2 osebi, opremljeno z linearnim pogonom, brezsti</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>č</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>nim dovodom energije, drugim zavornim sistemom ter raznovrstnimi testnimi in merilnimi sistemi vozi po 80 m dolgi ovalni progi. V predavanju bomo opisali na</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>č</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>elo superprevodne levitacije s pripetjem pretoka v visokotemperaturnih superprevodnikih in ga eksperimentalno ponazorili z razli</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>č</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>nimi modelnimi </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>ž</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>elezni</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>š</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>kimi sistemi. Predstavili bomo pregled raziskovalnega laboratorija SupraTrans II ter prihodnje smeri razvoja magnetne levitacije in le</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>ž</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>ajev na osnovi superprevodnikov za avtomatizacijsko tehnologijo, transport in medicinske namene v pogojih pove</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>č</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>ane te</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>ž</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>nosti. Spregovorili bomo tudi o superprevodni lebde</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>č</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>i deski, ki jo je nedavno predstavil Lexus. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify'>Predavanje bo v angleščini.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red'>Lepo vabljeni!</span></strong><strong><span style='font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:SL'><br clear=all style='page-break-before:always'></span><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>We invite you to the 8th Institute colloquium in the academic year 2015/16. The colloquium will be held <b>on Wednesday December 16, 2015 at 1 PM</b> in <b>the main Institute</b></span><b><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'>lecture hall</span></b><span style='color:black'>, Jamova 39, Ljubljana. To read the abstract click </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.ijs.si/ijsw/Koledar_prireditev">http://www.ijs.si/ijsw/Koledar_prireditev</a>. </span><span style='color:black'>Past colloquia are posted on</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> <a href="http://videolectures.net/kolokviji_ijs">http://videolectures.net/kolokviji_ijs</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>********************************************<b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>prof. dr. Ludwig Schultz<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-US>Institute of Metallic Materials, Leibniz Institute of Solid State and Materials Research (IFW) Dresden, Institute of Materials Science, Technical University Dresden & evico GmbH, Dresden, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Interaction of Ferromagnetic and Superconducting Permanent Magnets: Superconducting Levitation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>New means of urban transportation and logistics will become realistic with superconducting magnetic bearings using bulk high-temperature superconductors. The advantage of superconducting magnetic levitation is that it is passively stable without any electronic control, but with attracting and repelling forces to suspend a vehicle pendant or standing upright from zero to high speed. These are perfect conditions for a rail-bound, individual transport with cabins for 4 to 5 passengers, requested call by call. They will levitate without noise over a track made of rare-earth permanent magnets, saving energy and travel time. A big step forward in this vision has been made in Dresden. The world largest research and test facility for transport systems using bulk high-temperature superconducting material in the levitation and guidance system, in combination with a permanent magnet track, was put into operation. A vehicle for 2 passengers, equipped with linear drive propulsion, a noncontact energy supply, a second braking system, and various test and measurement systems is running on an 80 m long, oval driveway. In the presentation, the principle of superconducting levitation by flux pinning in high-temperature superconductors will be described and experimentally demonstrated with different model railway systems. Based on this, an overview of the SupraTrans II research facility and future directions of superconductivity-based magnetic levitation and bearing for automation technology, transportation, and medical treatment under enhanced gravity will be given. Also the superconducting hoverboard, recently presented by Lexus, will be discussed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cordially invited!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>