• DocumentCode
    2757690
  • Title

    Analysis of personal safety and lightning protection in straddle-type monorail transportation

  • Author

    Binquan, Qin ; Mi, Xiang ; Yan, Ren ; Liangfu, Li

  • Author_Institution
    Chongqing Lightning Protection Center, Chongqing, China
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-4 Nov. 2011
  • Firstpage
    40
  • Lastpage
    43
  • Abstract
    In allusion to the security of people in a straddle-type monorail vehicle when the straddle-type monorail vehicle is struck by lightning, this article carries out calculation and analysis of two cases, i.e. people in the vehicle are not in contact with the metallic components which directly connecting the metallic housing of the vehicle, and people are in contact with the metallic components which directly connecting the metallic housing of the vehicle and concludes that in the former case, people are completely safe; and in the latter case, people will feel tingle or causalgia, but do not threaten the safe of life.
  • Keywords
    lightning protection; locomotives; safety; transportation; lightning protection; metallic components; metallic housing; personal safety analysis; straddle-type monorail transportation; Fibrillation; Impedance; Lightning; Pain; Rail transportation; Skin; Vehicles; lightning protection; personal; straddle-type monorail;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lightning (APL), 2011 7th Asia-Pacific International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Chengdu
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1467-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APL.2011.6111070
  • Filename
    6111070