There will be a quiz next Tuesday, March 10. Homework from last week is due Thursday. A new assignment will be given then, due the Tuesday after spring break.
There will be a quiz next Tuesday, March 10.
Homework from last week is due Thursday.A new assignment will be given then, due the Tuesday after spring break.
Electrical Shock
“It’s not the voltage but the current.”
The current is what actually causes a shock - human body has resistance of ~500,000 with dry skin - ~100 wet! Requires conducting path.
Can cause: (1) burning of tissue by heating, (2) muscle contractions, (3) disruption of cardiac rhythms.
Current (A) Effect
0.001 Can be felt
0.005 Is painful
0.010 Causes spasms
0.015 Causes loss of muscle control
0.070 Goes through the heart - fatal after more than 1 second
– EVA Suit Specified to –40 V• anodized coating arcing occurred
at –68V in MSFC test– Possible Sneak-Circuit
• 1 mA safety threshold
Safety Tether
Display and Control Module (DCM)
Body Restraint Tether (BRT)
Mini Work Station (MWS)
Surface of spacesuit could charge to high voltage leading to subsequent discharge.
Discharge to the station through safety tether:• Tether is a metallic cable - connected to astronaut via non-conducting (nylon) housing.• Station maintained at plasma potential
- arc path closed when tether getswrapped around astronaut.
Metal waist and neck rings and other metal portions of the suit make contact with the sweat soaked ventilation garment providing possible conducting path for discharge through astronaut’s thoracic cavity.
Charging on Astronaut Space Suit in Auroral Zone: Potentially hazardous situation
Radial current leakage in a coaxial cable
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Avalanche – uncontrollable stream of electrons, gaining energy as they move through the material.
Electromotive Force and Circuits
For a conductor to have a steady current, it must be a closed loop path
If charge goes around a complete circuit and returns to a starting point – potential energy does not change
As charges move through the circuit they loose their potential energy due to resistance
“Electromotive force” (emf, ε) is produced by a battery or a generator and acts as a “charge
pump”. It moves charges uphill and is equal to the potential difference across such a device under open-circuit conditions (no current). In
reality, batteries have some internal resistance.
Emf is measured in Volts (so it is not a “force” per say, but potential difference)
Sources of emf – batteries, electric generators, solar cells, fuel cells
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Bulb B is taken away, will the bulb A glow differently?
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Which bulb glows brighter?
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Potential gain in the battery
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In an old, “used-up” battery emf is nearly the same, but internal resistanceincreases enormously
Electrical energy and power
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