Free Fall Ride Model Documents

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Free Fall Ride Model 

written by Michael R. Gallis

The Free Fall Ride Model allows a user to design a ride by adjusting the height versus time graph. The apparant weight of the rider arises from the ever present acceleration of gravity in combination with the acceleration of the elevator. If the elevator is stationary or moving with consant speed (i.e. not accelerating), the rider feels their normal weight. If the elevator accelerates upwards, the rider feels heavier and if the elevator accelerates downward the rider feels lighter. With a strong enough downward acceleration, the rider can experience effective weightlessness or even negative g forces (requiring seat belts or restraints to avoid head trauma!).

The Free Fall Ride Model was created using the Easy Java Simulations (EJS) modeling tool.  It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive.  Double clicking the jar file will run the program if Java is installed.

Last Modified June 6, 2014

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Source Code Documents

Free Fall Ride Source Code 

The source code zip archive contains an XML representation of the Free Fall Ride Model.  Unzip this archive in your Ejs workspace to compile and run this model using Ejs.

Last Modified June 6, 2014

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