My Dearest Friend Ducksie - R I P
ChatterBank0 min ago
Electricity
What if a thunderbolt strikes a speeding train ? Will all the people electrocuted?
Answers
1 to 7 of 7
Best Answer
No best answer has yet been selected by Pradip. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.
For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.
No..
the metal shell of the train will act like a faraday cage and just conduct the electricity around the outside of the train and down to earth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_cage
(what is this doing in history)
the metal shell of the train will act like a faraday cage and just conduct the electricity around the outside of the train and down to earth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_cage
(what is this doing in history)
-- answer removed --
Thinking about it a little more, it would also need to be a non-electric train running on a line without electric cables above it, otherwise the lightening would not even get to the train, it would hit the top cable on the power lines first, which is a lightening conductor and be taken to ground through that.
1 to 7 of 7
