1D50.30 - Carnival Ride Model - Cylinder

Code Number:
1D50.30
Demo Title:
Carnival Ride Model - Cylinder
Condition:
Excellent
Principle:
Centrifugal Force
Area of Study:
Mechanics
References:
  • Figuring Physics, TPT, Vol. 50, # 8, Nov. 2012, p. 454. 
  • Niran Charoenkul, David Wheeler, Chanwit Dejasvanong, "The Wall of Death: Newtons, Nerves, and Nausea", TPT, Vol. 37, # 9, Dec. 1999, p. 533.
  • Niran Charoenkul, Chanwit Dejasvanong, "Worldwide Wall of Death", TPT, Vol. 37, # 1, Jan. 1999, p. 3.
  • Klaus Fritsch, "More Physics on the Wall of Death", TPT, Vol. 36, # 7, Oct. 1998, p. 390.
  • John McCullen, Laurence McIntyre, "Going Around Again", TPT, Vol. 36, # 7, Oct. 1998, p. 389.
  • "Biking in the Round", TPT, Vol. 36, # 5, May 1998, p. 261.
  • Jerry Webb, "Don't the Texts Have It Wrong?", TPT, Vol. 36, # 3, March 1998, p. 184.
  • Robert Ehrlich, "F.7, Twirling an Accelerometer in a Nearly Horizontal Circle", Turn the World Inside Out, p. 73.
  • Pat Murphy, Ellen Macaulay, and the Staff of the Exploratorium, Exploratopia, p. 161.
  • Vicki Cobb and Kathy Darling, "In Orbit", Bet You Can!, p. 93.
  • Borislaw Bilash II, David Maiullo, "Ups and Downys of Centripetal Force", A Demo a Day: A Year of Physics of Demonstrations, p. 138.

 

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