I got an appreciation for roller coasters in high school. We had a physics problem. A “tractor” (chain) pulls the cars to the top of the highest hill. After that, it’s figuratively all downhill as the coaster is constantly changing potential energy for kinetic energy losing efficiency due to friction. No additional energy is added to the system. (Although I think it would be cool to see a rocket-powered coaster).
Our problem was given that the cars were at the top of one hill, and a dip half way to ground level and a constant coefficient of friction how high can the next hill be? I’m not sure if this is a mechanical or civil engineering project.
I got an appreciation for roller coasters in high school. We had a physics problem. A “tractor” (chain) pulls the cars to the top of the highest hill. After that, it’s figuratively all downhill as the coaster is constantly changing potential energy for kinetic energy losing efficiency due to friction. No additional energy is added to the system. (Although I think it would be cool to see a rocket-powered coaster).
Our problem was given that the cars were at the top of one hill, and a dip half way to ground level and a constant coefficient of friction how high can the next hill be? I’m not sure if this is a mechanical or civil engineering project.