\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted March 4, 2014 Posted March 4, 2014 http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Girl-14-struck-and-killed-by-train-in-Martinez-5283108.php
KD in CA Posted March 4, 2014 Posted March 4, 2014 Sad story, but I'm a little puzzled by the 'train creates a vacuum and it sucks you in' quote.
The Poojer Posted March 4, 2014 Posted March 4, 2014 (edited) i'm no science guy, but if the train is going at a fast enough speed, it's like the drafting principle in car racing, there is a bubble that forms around the car/train and anything within that bubble is 'pulled along' using the energy of the bubble. but i am surprised because being a freight train in a populated area, i wouldn't think the train would be moving that fast Sad story, but I'm a little puzzled by the 'train creates a vacuum and it sucks you in' quote. Edited March 4, 2014 by The Poojer
DC Tom Posted March 4, 2014 Posted March 4, 2014 Sad story, but I'm a little puzzled by the 'train creates a vacuum and it sucks you in' quote. Bernoulli's principle.
KD in CA Posted March 4, 2014 Posted March 4, 2014 i'm no science guy, but if the train is going at a fast enough speed, it's like the drafting principle in car racing, there is a bubble that forms around the car/train and anything within that bubble is 'pulled along' using the energy of the bubble. but i am surprised because being a freight train in a populated area, i wouldn't think the train would be moving that fast I thought that too; when I was a kid I jumped off the tracks many times as trains approached and remember the pushing and pulling of the airflow, but I presumed she was struck by the front of the train as she was picking up the phone so it seems odds to have that impact from the front. Bernoulli's principle. I hope no one sues him over this.
boyst Posted March 4, 2014 Posted March 4, 2014 http://www.the-dispatch.com/article/20140304/NEWS/303049976/1005?Title=Teen-identified-by-sheriff-as-victim-in-train-accident Similar sad train story here happened last night. I know the exact spot, its a beautiful little area. I think I even knew the kid. I've crossed that bridge a million times.
DC Tom Posted March 4, 2014 Posted March 4, 2014 I hope no one sues him over this. He's an Italian physicist, so it's a criminal offense.
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