Background Information:
This experiment deals with motion. This study of motion is called Kinematics. Kinematics studies the possible motions. (http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/318099/kinematics). Kinematics is used to show the displacement of an object, the rate an object is moving (velocity), and the change in velocity (acceleration). This is graphed against time individually to determine if the motion is uniform or nonuniform and if the acceleration is uniform or nonuniform. Uniform motion is when an object has a constant speed and direction. Nonuniform motion is when there is either a change in speed or a change in direction. When the graphing has completed, other properties can be discovered like the instantaneous velocity. Instantaneous velocity is used to present the velocity of an object in a specific time when the velocity is changing. Vector and scalar quantities are also very important in this experiment.
Vector quantities are any quantity that can be completely be described by a numeral, a unit and a direction. The most important feature of a vector is the direction. Examples of vectors include position, velocity, and acceleration, lift, drag and thrust. Scalar quantities are any quantity that can be described by a single numeral and the correct unit of measurement. Examples include time, distance and speed. The difference between scalar and vector quantities is that scalar quantities cannot describe change in direction. Therefore, vector quantities have two characteristics. It has a magnitude and a direction. Scalar quantities only have one characteristic which is a magnitude. (http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/vectors.html).
Gravity is important in this experiment because this is the force that b...
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...rill ride. This is the water slide. The water slide is an inclined plane with lubrication (water) to make friction less when people travel down it. The water slide is different from the roller coaster because the water slide has lubrication. Since there is lubrication on a water slide, the inclined plane that is suitable in terms of safety is different from the roller coaster. Since there is less friction, the water slide can be much faster if allowed by federal law. Also, because there are less ways to keep people safe on a water slide the inclined plane must be less. When travelling down a water slide, there is no belt or safety harness. Rather there are tracks to keep you from straying away from the target. Creators of water slides cannot use the same techniques in planning a roller coaster. This is because of lubrication and limited opportunity for safety.
Ever wondered how roller coasters work? It’s not with an engine! Roller coasters rely on a motorized chain and a series of phenomena to keep them going. Phenomena are situations or facts that have been observed and proven to exist. A few types of phenomena that help rollercoasters are gravity, kinetic and potential energy, and inertia. Gravity pulls roller coasters along the track as they’re going downhill. Potential and kinetic energy help rollercoasters to ascend hills and gain enough momentum to descend them and finish the track. Inertia keeps passengers pressed towards the outside of a loop-the-loop and in their seat. Gravity, potential and kinetic energy, and inertia are three types of phenomena that can be observed by watching roller
...est uphill water coaster section in the world). The exact height has been released yet, it is estimated to be taller than Niagara Falls and will reach speeds up to 65 miles per hour. With concerns for safety being at the forefront of all decisions made in any of the parks, this attraction like others before it will be tested extensively prior to opening to the public later this spring.
The result and the final decision court will depend on the laws of that state. While a majority of states has chosen to institute a rule where they hold amusement ride operators and owners to the standard of ordinary care in operating their rides, a growing minority of states, including Illinois, hold those same operators to the duty of utmost care. The importance of a consistent standard for roller coasters is imperative to raising the expectation of safety, thereby preventing many of the accidents that occur every
The second one is Gold Striker, one of the favorite’s roller coaster for kids. This roller coaster is tallest and fastest wooden in Northern California; Gold Striker stands 108.2 Feet High and travels 53.7 MPH (Great America). So many people want to try Gold Striker because of its sheer height, not to mention the fact that the ride spanned almost the entire park. To go that fast for so long seemed so thrilling to people. It's been by far the most fun amusement park ride people have ever been on. The last one is Superman roller coaster, one of the favorite’s roller coaster for kids and adults. It over-sized strength, mega speed, and pretty much at the top of his class when it comes to flying (Six Flags). where as most rides have you buckled to seat and have you rigidly set in place, the Superman has you riding with your hands out front and your feet behind you, like a superhero flying through the air. People are really enjoying riding the Superman. On a lot of roller coasters, it seems like your eyes spend the majority of the time looking at the seats in front of you. On the Superman, you're facing toward the ground, away from the track and all the other parts of the
With the opening of America’s first roller coaster in 1873, a new innovative market was introduced into the American industrial market. With it came a new set of challenges that pushed the limits of the engineering methods used at the time. Oddly enough though, America’s safest roller coaster ever built was also the simplest; the Mauch Chunk Railway was originally used to bring coal down the mountainside of a Pennsylvania mine. The now unused 2,322 feet of track was re-opened a few months later for the purpose of carrying passengers down the side of the mountain. The rail cars used did not have brakes or an engine; they simply used the force of gravity to take the train and its passengers, sometimes at speeds upwards of 60 miles per hour, down the side of the mountain until it came to a rest at the bottom. “The railway offered spectacular views of the Lehigh River and the Blue Ridge Mountains for the region's visitors to see. The area became a large Nineteenth Century tourist attraction and people came from all over to be thrilled by the M.C.R.” (Sandy). Throughout the ride’s 56-year span of passenger operation, not a single injury was reported. Since the ever-simplistic entertainment methods of the 1920’s, our industrial capabilities have grown in geometric proportions; however the one problem is they have been severely lagged by the safety and control systems that govern them. Recently, however, advancements in computer technology have yielded a drastic improvement in these control systems that have allowed ride designers to design increasingly safer and more reliable ride systems.
Roller coasters come in all sizes and configurations. Roller coasters are designed to be intense machines that get the riders’ adrenaline pumping. Ever since my first roller coaster ride, I knew I was hooked. I cannot get enough of the thrilling sensation caused by these works of engineering. When people board these rides, they put their faith in the engineers who designed the rides and the people who maintain and operate the rides. In this paper, I will bring to your attention a specific instance when the operation of one of these coasters came into question and led to a very tragic incident. From this, I will look into the events leading up to the incident and evaluate the decisions made by the people involved.
Throughout history there has been many different roller coasters made over the years. In the 17th century Russia made the Russian Ice Slide. Inspired by the playground slide, they were giant 70 feet through 80 feet high wooden slides that were covered with ice and the sleds made with ice or wood. As it was adapted into the warmer climate of France guided tracks and wheels were used to replace the hard to control ice sled and slide. In between 1901-1910 The Loop the Loop was open. With a 35ft hig...
You apprehensively walk up the iron steps and onto the platform. You’re reluctant to go any further, but your friend eggs you on, saying, “It’s not that fast.” You step into the seat and pull the harness down over you. No, this isn’t the latest, greatest technological frontier. It’s a roller coaster. Since 1804 when the first wheeled roller coaster- called “Les Montagnes Russes”- was constructed in Paris, France, roller coasters have been a staple of adventure and fantasy among children and children-at-heart. But there’s no magic involved with these fantastic creations, there’s a plethora of forces and laws governing their every movement. From kinetic energy to inertia, roller coasters are intricate engineering marvels that function through the laws of physics. This is a look into those physics that result in a thrill ride unlike any other.
Not far from the opening gate, I glanced at the first ride I was going to experience, the Cork Screw. The whole entire family was going to ride on the rollercoaster, even my sister Alissa who is terrified of coasters. As I walked up the narrow path that led to the Cork Screw, I could see that there was a large number of people waiting to get onto the ride. While waiting patiently to board the coaster, I gazed up in awe at the Cork Screw, one of the newer roller coasters, which sparkled high above our heads. Twirling hoops and loops were the main attraction of this roller coaster.
to land in the water, which can be very scary, causing the ride to be
To investigate the affect the material of a ball has on the bounce height of that ball where the drop height (gravitational potential energy), temperature, location, ball, and air pressure of the ball are kept constant.
A roller coaster is a thrill ride found in amusement and theme parks. Their history dates back to the 16th century. It all started in Russia, with long, steep wooden slides covered in ice. The idea then traveled to France. Since the warmer climate melted the ice, waxed slides were created instead, eventually adding wheels to the system. The first roller coaster in which the train was attached to the track was in France in 1817, the Russess a Belleville. The first attempt at a loop-the loop was also made in France in the 1850s. It was called the Centrifuge Railway. However, government officials quickly diminished the idea when the first accident occurred. Inventors since then have continued to capitalize on people’s love of a great thrill, always trying to make them bigger, faster and scarier!
Amusement parks are by far one of the most thrilling places on earth. As you wait in a long line to get in park, you can hear numerous kids, adults, and tourist shouting off the top of their lungs due to a tremendous jaw-dropping drop on their beloved roller coasters.
it reaches the bottom. There are also other safety features on roller coasters, not just free-fall rides, that aren’t on TOT. For example, on Aug. 11, a train stopped for six minutes on the lift hill. That stoppage occurred because another train was still at the roller coaster's platform. This ride had a sensor that automatically stopped a ride, instead of it being manually stopped. Just like TOT, there is a safety sign to warn riders before they board the
In this assessment of the projectile motion of an object, I found that it can be applied to many useful situations in our daily lives. There are many different equations and theorems to apply to an object in motion to either find the path of motion, the displacement, velocity, acceleration, and time of the object in the air.