PIRA 1M40.20 Conservation of Energy: Loop the Loop
Instructions / Notes:
- Demonstration comes with a brass roller coaster and a plastic hot wheels
track.
- Release the brass cart at THE TOP of the track and the cart
will complete the loop.
- The brass cart must be released only from the top of its track.
- To show the minimum height necessary to complete the loop use only
the plastic hot wheels set.
- Energy losses make the minimum height significantly higher than the
calculated value.
Photo Shows the Demonstration Used at U.T. Austin.
Drawing is by Courtesy of the University of Minnesota.
Last Updated 2/98 - University of Texas at Ausin Physics Dept.
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