Thursday, January 2, 2014

Question #8: Thrill Factor


Law of Inertia: An object at rest remains at rest, and an object in motion tends to remain in motion.




The roller coaster does not move at first until hauled to the top of an incline. The roller coaster then accelerates and remains in motion for several rises and falls, slows down and then accelerates again by gravity, but loses energy to friction. As you're slowly going up the roller coaster, you start to feel heavier, once you come to the top gravity begins to take you down. When you're going down, there's more acceleration and you start to feel lighter because there are more "g" forces being put on you. This can be proven by the rider physically being lifted out of their seat when going downhill on a roller coaster.

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