Roller Coaster Project
From ENGR005 2008
Project Members
Project Motivation
Project Description
For our final project, we decided to design a basic loop roller coaster using SolidWorks. We first created a sketch of a basic clothiod loop, and used conservation of energy to determine what height we would need to start the rollercoaster at to ensure that the loop would cleared.
Equipment
SolidWorks
Timeline
11/17: We are going to sketch the roller coaster on paper and using the physics principle of conservation of energy, we will determine the various dimensions of the roller coaster
-height of the top of the rollercoaster -distance between the top and the beginning of the loop -the height of the loop -the radius of the circles that create the circloid loop
11/24: We are going to begin sketching on SolidWorks
12/1: Finish designing the roller coaster on SolidWorks
12/8: Animate the rolller coaster and work out any kinks to ensure "safety" of the the ride