Roller Coaster Lab

A roller coaster ride is a thrilling awesome experience which involves many energies in the roller coaster itself. The ride/roller coaster often begins as a chain and motor and once it's on the top gravity takes over. At the

The track begins with a steep climp, building up potential energy in the coaster car. The rest of the

Whoosh the air rushes past your neck, you start accelerating, falling straight down. If you haven’t ridden a roller coaster that is not how it feels. It gives you a feeling you can’t describe in words. Roller coasters have a rich history and are physics beacons of the world. Also the market of roller coasters is huge. Throughout my research I answered my questions. What is the history of roller coasters? What are the physics of roller coasters? How much do roller coasters and amusement parks cost? and Why are roller coasters such a big market?

The roller coaster is designed according to safety regulations that prohibit the speed of the car from

A roller coaster, a favorite of many thrill seekers, that uses the three laws of motion, friction, gravity and potential to kinetic energy to thrilling ends. Roller coasters with their twists, turns and loops seem to defy everything we know about how people and objects move. Roller coasters simply use Newton’s laws of motion, friction, gravity, and potential to kinetic energy to push people past their limits. On Inferno, riders will experience the thrill and fear of stomach dropping heights, tight corners and unbearable speeds of 70 miles per hour, it is one that is unforgettable!

A roller coaster’s popularity depends mainly on many different basic elements which are parts that are usually on roller coasters such as the headchopper, the launch track, and the lift hill. The headchopper is any place where the roller coaster overlaps itself or appears to come very close to the passenger’s heads. The launch track is a part of the coaster where the train is accelerated to its max speed within a few seconds and drastically increases the train’s kinetic energy. The lift hill is similar to the launch track by increasing the train’s potential energy by raising it to the roller coaster’s

Lights, cameras, action! This new coaster is gonna have everyone running towards the entrance! There is a new coaster coming to town called the Hollywood Coaster of Fame! Hollywood Coaster of Fame is a coaster based on the bright lights and stardom of Hollywood. Riders will experience a speed from 0-75 miles per hour which will shoot the riders up a 195-foot hill. Before dropping down the hill the riders will feel a bit of suspense on the very top of the hill, which is where the potential energy is the highest. Then riders will feel the weightlessness of dropping down the 195-foot hill into the first loop where gravity pushes down into their seats. The momentum of the loop will take them around a sharp turn making

Then as the coaster begins its decent down the first hill, the energy is converted back into kinetic energy as the train is pulled toward the Earth by gravity. Gravity is the traditional source of power for roller coasters that accelerates the train as it goes on its hilly, twisty journey.3 Gravity is a unit of acceleration, that is always present, that causes free-falling objects on Earth to change their speed at a rate of approximately 10 m/s (32ft/s) every second.1 So, as the train goes down the hills of the track it has a positive acceleration giving it the necessary potential energy to “climb” the next hill, make a turn, or travel through a loop.

While you are going up the first hill you will be traveling at a constant speed of 8 miles per hour. The machine in the roller coaster has to use a certain amount of work to get the mass of the people and cart up the first hill. Right before you start to spin down the first hill there will be gravity and acceleration pulling you down the spinning hill. Once you stop spinning while going down that first hill you will be at a spot right before the first hill where you will be experiencing terminal velocity. After you finish that loop you are gonna get pushed right up another hill and as you are falling down the hill you are gonna loop forward and be weightless while going through newton's 2nd law as you near the bottom of the hill. You will start going up another hill like the one on Track A and twist down in a corkscrew type way. During the twists you will experience very much centripetal force. You will go around another little turn like you did on Track A then instantaneous speed will be slowing you down right before you go back into the station.

In our graph of the average times it took the marbles to go down the roller coaster, it is shown that there is an optimal or best amount of mass for the marble to be in order to have the fastest time. Marble four, or the second largest marble, had the fastest average time. As the mass of the marbles increased, their time increased as well, making marble five slower than marble four because its mass was greater than the optimum mass. Marble one, two, and three were also slower than marble four because its mass was less than the optimum mass.

The marble even though it weighs much less than a cart full of people will represent how the law of inertia is used in roller coasters. From the start of many roller coasters the cart starts at a high point and drop

In a park near you very soon a roller coaster will be drawing near...furthermore, not only is there a roller coaster that has never been seen before but also the most magnificent coaster that you've seen. The Looper...The Looper is one of the fastest roller coasters in all of Hershey Park. It speeds in excess of 70 miles per hour. When you are riding The Looper you will feel countless different feelings. As a matter of fact, you will feel not only ecstatic and delighted but also thrill and suspense. Not to mention that as the experience of the unique exhilarating , unforgettable thrills comes to an end, you will surely feel mourning. Be that as it may, you always have the privilege to jump back in line and do it all over again. Riders will feel the anxious anticipation as they wait in line. Not to mention, the force of the g forces as the train screams by the other rides nearby. You will experience pure speed and adrenaline as your heart starts racing as the train accelerates before plunging down

The work that is applied will then lead up to a great acceleration causing high amusement and high wind speeds which is a key factor of the Earth. Now that you are aware of how you will be traveling, here comes the most exhilarating portion of the ride, the end of the first loop! As soon as you are twirled around, especially with the front facing loops, you will then be projected towards the first spin of the roller coaster. During the time between your first pleasurable experience and the turn, you will have the most amount of momentum. Without this factor you would not travel anywhere, which would not create Tectonic Terror. Then, once you then reach the turn you will be experiencing the greatest amount of centripetal acceleration since you are traveling in a curved path, and not upside down. At this instant you will also weigh the largest since you are squished inside of your seat as you are whipped around that first turn. (Which is also a large amount of fun since you are traveling at such a

What do you think about when you're on a roller coaster? Do you ever think how you're being pulled up this huge hill or down the hill?

Individuals love to go to the amusement parks and try out the rides that are available. The most common and thrilling ride is the roller coaster. An amusement park is not an amusement park if it does not contain a roller coaster. What makes these roller coasters so fun that every amuse parks has one. A lot of people would say it is their extreme high speeds that makes it very exciting. That is a valid answer, but it is the wrong answer. The speed has nothing to do with the excitement. It is more than likely that most people travel faster on their ride along the highway on the way to the amusement park than they would in a roller coaster. Basically the thrill all comes from the acceleration and the feeling of weightlessness that they