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Currents induced in the human body by ELF electric fields inside houses located under power lines
Author(s) -
Chen HsingYi,
Peng ChenKuen,
Lin DerPhone
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
radio science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1944-799X
pISSN - 0048-6604
DOI - 10.1029/1998rs900025
Subject(s) - electromagnetic shielding , electric field , shielding effect , human body , moment (physics) , physics , electric power transmission , optics , power (physics) , head (geology) , current (fluid) , electrical engineering , electric current , nuclear magnetic resonance , materials science , acoustics , engineering , geology , anatomy , medicine , classical mechanics , quantum mechanics , geomorphology
The moment method and the image technique are used to study currents induced in human bodies standing under 345‐kV power lines with and without house shielding. The maximum induced current in a human body without house shielding is found to be 68.9 μA. The maximum induced current in a human body with a cement‐house shielding is found to be 4.36 × 10 −11 A. In this paper the electric fields induced on human body surfaces are also presented. It is found that there is an electric field enhancement factor at the top of the head.