~Roller Coaster Physics~

 

The Science Behind the Thrills

 

 

Index:

 

*Roller Coaster History*

 

*Gravity and Potential Energy*

 

*Velocity and Kinetic Energy*

 

*Conservation of Energy*

 

*Friction*

 

*Centripetal Acceleration*

 

*G-Forces*

 

*Clothoid Loop*

 

 

*Bibliography*

 

 

 

 

 

Shawna Sastamoinen

University of Alaska, Fairbanks

Physics 211X

Fall 2002