Elements in Roller Coasters







Loops:
- Roller Coaster Loop Shapes, Pendrill A-M, Physics Education, 40 517 (2005) (Manuscript)
- Student investigations of forces in a roller coaster loop, Pendrill A-M (2013), European Journal of Physics, 34 1379 (Manuscript)
Heartline Roll
- Acceleration in 1, 2, and 3 dimensions in launched roller coasters, Pendrill, A-M, (2008) Physics Education 43, 483-491 (manuscript) (This paper includes also discussions about launches, loops, top hat and a corkscrew element in the Speedmonster at Tusenfryd)
- Movie with discussions of forces in the heartline roll at the end to the Helix ride.
Brakes
- Stopping a roller coaster train, Pendrill A-M, Karlsteen, M and Rödjegård, H (2012), Physics Education 47 (6), 728 (including a video abstract and an IR movie) (Manuscript)
Front, Middle or Back?
- Back to school, First Drop, nr 98, 2014 (European Coaster Club)
- Helix: Front middle or back (WWW-page with a comparison of accelerometer data from different positions in the train)
- Student investigations of forces in a roller coaster loop, Pendrill A-M (2013), European Journal of Physics, 34 1379 (Manuscript)
- "Front middle or back - which is the best seat? (in Swedish about the Kanonen Top Hat, but with photos and several graphs)
Airtime hill
- A roller coaster viewed through motion tracker data Pendrill A-M and Rödjegård H (2005) Physics Education 40 522 (Balder) (Manuscript)