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TWENTY FIRST CENTURY SCIENCE PHYSICS A
Unit 3: Ideas in Context plus P7 (Higher Tier) RESOURCE BOOKLET
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2 Sheffield Supertram System
With a length of 34.8 m and a width of 2.65 m, the supertram is one of the largest articulated cars ever built for public transport. An empty supertram has a mass of about 50 000 kg. It can carry 88 people sitting down and an extra 162 passengers standing. The supertram has a top speed of 80 km / h. The momentum change when the supertram pulls away from a stop and reaches top speed is enormous. The steepest hill the supertram goes up and down has a slope of about 1 in 10. A lot of energy is needed for the tram to go up this hill in Sheffield. Going down the hill, the gravitational potential energy of the supertram is mostly converted to kinetic energy. When the regenerative brakes are used to slow down the tram, the kinetic energy is converted to electrical energy. The electrical energy can be stored in batteries or fed back into the tram circuit.
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3 Electrical power The tram uses electricity to work, usually from overhead cables. The electricity comes from the power supply, along the overhead cables and then flows down a pole. The pole sticks out of the...