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Swing Ride Model
written by Michael R. Gallis
The Swing Ride Model simulates a type of ride that can be found at many carnivals and amusement parks. Riders are suspended from the ends of supports. These supports rotate about an axis that can be tilted with respect to the vertical. In this simulation the controls are lagged to prevent unrealistic changes to the physical system.

The Swing 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.

Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.5 of Java (JRE).
1 source code document is available
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Classical Mechanics
- Motion in Two Dimensions
= 2D Acceleration
- Newton's Second Law
= Force, Acceleration
- Rotational Dynamics
General Physics
- Computational Physics
- Lower Undergraduate
- High School
- Instructional Material
= Model
= Simulation
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License:
This material is released under a GNU General Public License Version 3 license.
Rights Holder:
Michael Gallis
Keywords:
amusement park, centripetal acceleration, spring tension
Record Cloner:
Metadata instance created January 15, 2012 by Wolfgang Christian
Record Updated:
June 12, 2014 by Andreu Glasmann
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January 9, 2012
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M. Gallis, Computer Program SWING RIDE MODEL (2012), WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11639&DocID=2525).
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Gallis, M. (2012). Swing Ride Model [Computer software]. Retrieved December 7, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11639&DocID=2525
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Gallis, Michael. "Swing Ride Model." https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11639&DocID=2525 (accessed 7 December 2024).
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Gallis, Michael. Swing Ride Model. Computer software. 2012. Java (JRE) 1.5. 7 Dec. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11639&DocID=2525>.
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