System Safety Evaluation Method for Superconducting Maglev System

摘要

This paper treats of the system safety evaluation method applied to the superconducting maglev system at its design stage. The maglev system is a large-scale system under development and required to achieve high safety as a public transportation system. Taking account of these features, the maglev system should be evaluated at its design stage and their results should be considered into the design. The authors propose a new system safety evaluation method, referring to the conventional standards, criteria and methods for railways, aviation, nuclear power plants and so on.