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Nov 25, 2021
Amusement Industry Geotechnics
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Wooden coasters have existed for over a century, steel coasters about the same. For as long as coasters have been around, so have coaster enthusiasts, some of whom purport the concept of negative g's. But those of you who hold the same opinion should go back and take a refresher course in statics and dynamics. By simple logic, there's no such thing as negative gravity because a person or an object cannot weigh less than zero. The confused coaster enthusiast mistakes weightlessness or “airtime” for negative g's.
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GeoStrata Magazine Archive
Volume 25 • Issue 5 • October 2021
Pages: 24 - 31
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© 2021 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Oct 2021
Published online: Nov 25, 2021
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Mark W. Glynn, F.ASCE
P.E., D.GE
Founder and President, Glynn Group; Lockport, NY
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