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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).

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Last Modified: June 12, 2014
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Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Classical Mechanics - Motion in Two Dimensions = 2D Acceleration - Newton's Second Law = Force, Acceleration - Rotational Dynamics General Physics - Computational Physics	- High School - Lower Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Model = Simulation

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Access Rights:: Free access
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
Last Update when Cataloged:: January 9, 2012
Other Collections:: The Physics Front

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