Fig. 1 shows a high-speed electric train.
Fig. 1
The potential difference between the overhead cable and the rails on the ground is 25 kV. The sliding contact on the top of the train constantly touches the overhead cable.
The overhead cable supplies a current I to the electric motor of the train. The motor turns the wheels.
The train experiences a resultant forward force F.
The total mass of the train is 2.1 × 105 kg.
[1]
s = ..................................................... m [2]
[3]
I = ...................................................... A [2]
It is constructed from several equal lengths of wire.
Some data for one length of this wire are shown below.
• length = 1500 m
• area of cross-section = 1.1 × 10–4 m2
• resistivity = 1.8 × 10–8 Ω m
• the Young modulus = 1.2 × 1010 Pa
• strain = 1.3%
R = ..................................................... Ω [2]
T = ..................................................... N [3]
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