Students could look at the rapid changes to society that the invention of the internal combustion engine led to. The most obvious intervention was the car. How did the car change the lives of those who could afford one? How did Henry Ford's new manufacturing methods improve the speed of assembly and reduce the cost of production?
Arc Flash is the result of a rapid release of energy due to an arcing fault between a phase bus bar and another phase bus bar, neutral or a ground. During an arc fault the air is the conductor. Arc faults are generally limited to systems where the bus voltage is in excess of 120 volts.
The Arc Flash can be initiated through accidental contact, equipment which is underrated for the available short circuit current, contamination or tracking over insulated surfaces, deterioration or corrosion of equipment and, or parts, as well as other causes. An Arc Flash event can expel large amounts of deadly energy.