Where Is the Best Place to Sit on a Roller Coaster? Forces, Physics, and Fun at Disneyland
The work presented in this thesis was undertaken to quantitatively determine the best place to sit on a roller coaster. Maximizing the time spent feeling weightless and the highest value of negative Z acceleration were used as criteria for the best seat. Acceleration values were measured on the Cali...
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Scholarship @ Claremont
2012
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| Online Access: | http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/125 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1129&context=scripps_theses |