Multimedia Physics Studio: Roller Coaster G-Forces

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written by Tom Henderson

This page includes a discussion of the forces involved in going through a looping coaster. An animated image shows the direction of the forces on a car as it goes around a loop.

https://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/circmot/rcd.cfm

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Classical Mechanics - Rotational Dynamics	- High School - Lower Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Tutorial - Audio/Visual = Movie/Animation

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 1996 Tom Henderson
Keywords:: acceleration, centripetal force, circular motion, normal force
Record Creator:: Date Metadata Instance was created July 9, 2003 by Kyle Whipple
Record Updated:: March 16, 2011 by Lyle Barbato
Other Collections:: The PSRC

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