THe Physics of coasters by Maddie Fleurbaaij

My favorite coaster at knot's berry farm

maddiefleurbaaij — 2015-04-09 00:43:39 UTC

Momentum

maddiefleurbaaij — 2015-04-09 01:31:03 UTC

Pertains the quanity of motion that an object posseses. any mass or object in motion has momentum though all depends on the mass and velocity of the object. A rollercoaster has lots of momentum because of it's high velocity and large mass and how much energy it pertains as it is moving on the track.

My groups man made roller coaster

maddiefleurbaaij — 2015-04-09 01:42:28 UTC

Design: Top Hat, Raven

video of my coaster.

maddiefleurbaaij — 2015-04-09 02:05:19 UTC

Accelaeration

maddiefleurbaaij — 2015-04-09 02:10:54 UTC

The change in speed or direction of an object by accelerating and the speed of the object also changes by accelerating. Rollercoasters have many forms of acceleration by the changes in speed and direction it overcomes throughout the ride.

Centripetal force

maddiefleurbaaij — 2015-04-09 03:19:35 UTC

Motion along a curve or a circle caused by the pull of gravity making a push force on an object such as when you are on a coaster and you make a sharp turn you feel the weight of your body change or at leaste it's motion.

"G"

maddiefleurbaaij — 2015-04-09 03:23:48 UTC

A unit of acceleration equal to the acceleration caused by gravity also called G force. gravity causes objects to fall at about 10m/s. 3'gs of acceleration carrying speed is at a rate of about 30m/s. you can feel this when you are spinning in a circle on a rollercoaster. you can feel yourself getting compressed or you feel heavier.

Weightlessness

maddiefleurbaaij — 2015-04-09 03:29:18 UTC

The feeling of when something or someone no longer feels an external force acting upon their body. this happens when a rider is dropped from a height going towards the ground. this does not allow gravity to take it's full toll making the rider feel weightless when really they are not.

(Ex. Tower of Terror.)

Kinect Energy

maddiefleurbaaij — 2015-04-09 03:34:50 UTC

Energy possessed by an object because of it's motion. Depends on the mass and speed of an object. Thi accures when the coaster is in motion gaining speed or has consistant speed like when it is dropping from the top of a hill. The most energy when the cart or vehicle is being dropped from a height. it has the least amount of energy towards the end of the ride when there is not as much energy and cannot gain as much back. the equation is:

Potential energy

maddiefleurbaaij — 2015-04-09 03:50:29 UTC

Energy possessed by an object because of it's height above the ground. Depends mostly on height but also mass. when a rollercoasters cart or vehicle is at the top of a large hill, it has built up lots of potential energy. this is when it has the most potential energy. the coaster has the least potential energy is when it is on a rather smooth hill or has reached the bottom of it. this causes the vehicle to no longer contain any potential energy that it could have. The equation is:

Unit of Energy Equation

maddiefleurbaaij — 2015-04-09 04:01:46 UTC

the History of Roller Coasters

maddiefleurbaaij — 2015-04-12 20:42:13 UTC

Roller coasters date all the way back to the 17th century. they were first made out of the ice hills in russia and were usally made to be like large slides rather than actuall rides that we see today untill the 18th century where the first reall rollercoaster was made called the Switchback Railway. Soon the adea of rollercoasters took off and everyone wanted to be a part of this new creation. more and more disigns were made creating new coasters. the first steel rollercoasters were made starting in 1959 at Disney Land park with it's oldest and probably most famous, the Matterhorn Bobsleds. ever since them more and more disighns and coasters are being made each day and continue to to this day

Roller Coaster statics

maddiefleurbaaij — 2015-04-12 21:03:29 UTC

Fasterst coaster ever-speed 149.1mph-Formula Rossa-unknown

Tallest-456 feet-Kingdaka-Six Flags

Length-8,133 feet-Steel Dragon-Nagashima Spa Land

Inversions-14-Smiler-Alton Towers

Hamer head turn

maddiefleurbaaij — 2015-04-12 21:11:15 UTC

Cobra Roll

maddiefleurbaaij — 2015-04-12 21:13:31 UTC

maddiefleurbaaij — 2015-04-12 21:25:15 UTC

Drawing of Groups rollercoaster with statics.

Totall length-3.3 meters

Drop height-1.64 meters

Average speed-3.2 m/s

The Big Question on Roller Coastrs

maddiefleurbaaij — 2015-04-12 21:48:10 UTC

Many people have wondered about how is it that a coaster continues to move on the track without stopping? Well, the coaster itself has only one engine at the begining or a convader belt that drops you at the begining giving you the full limit of speed. But what keeps it going throughout the ride is the numerous turns, drops and loops that give the coaster more potential and kinect energy throughout the ride. as it goes up the hills and loops, the ride builds up potential enery before gaining kinect energy when it runs on the corse. Each loss in height coresponds to gain energy. Once the coaster reaches it's initial summit, the only forces that is acting on the cart is gravity, the normal force, and the dissipative force such as air resistance that it against the cart.