Physics and roller coasters—The Blue Streak at Cedar Point
作者:
Robert R. Speers,
期刊:
American Journal of Physics
(AIP Available online 1991)
卷期:
Volume 59,
issue 6
页码: 528-533
ISSN:0002-9505
年代: 1991
DOI:10.1119/1.16813
出版商: American Association of Physics Teachers
关键词: CLASSICAL MECHANICS;FORCES;ACCELEROMETERS;DYNAMICS;KINEMATICS
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
The use of a roller coaster for external classroom studies of kinematics, forces, dynamics, and energy conservation is discussed. Experimental accelerometer measurements of the vertical forces acting on riders of the Blue Streak at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio are presented. Theoretically, the track profile is used to calculate/predict the vertical forces acting on a rider at the hilltops, valley bottoms, and several other points of interest along the track. Finally the experimental results and theoretical predictions are compared in the context of a rider’s experiences.
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