How are Newton's 3 laws involved in roller coasters?

Question

how are Isaac Newton's 3 laws of motion invloved in roller coasters?

Answer 1

Newton's 3 laws of motion is almost seen everywhere!

In your case, the rollercoaster in motion continues to move with constant velocity unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. This force can either come from the frictional forces or from the braking system as the train comes to a stop at the station at the end of the ride.

For his second law, evidently, F=ma. The force which you experience (or the so called g-forces) when you drop from a great height in a rollercoaster can be calculated by using the mass of the entire system (the mass of the train and the passengers) multiplied by the gravitational force, g=9.81m/s^2.

Last but not least, as for his last law, it can be seen in a rollercoaster which has banked curves. When the train goes thru a banked track, you will feel as though there is a 'push' from the seats of the train acting on you. However, little do you know that you have also done the exact same thing to the seat of the train, by exerting an equal amount of force on the seat in the other direction.

Newton's laws are all over the place. In fact, it can be said that they are too obvious for us to notice. Look around you today and see what have you observed that makes use of the laws.

Rollercoasters typically is used for examples for conservation of energy. (i.e. potential energy converted to kinetic energy)

Answer 2

in accordance to Newton, each and every time products A and B work together with one yet another, they exert forces upon one yet another. once you take a seat on your chair, your physique exerts a downward rigidity on the chair and the chair exerts an upward rigidity on your physique. There are 2 forces because of the fact of this interplay - a rigidity on the chair and a rigidity on your physique. those 2 forces are called action and reaction forces and are the concern of Newton's third regulation of action

Answer 3

They are involved anytime something moves or is acted upon by an external force.

Doug