Links, Amusement Park Physics

Reference WWW-sites

• Roller Coaster Data Base - detailed information about more than 2000 roller coasters, including photos and links to parks and manufacturers. A gold mine!
• Best roller coaster poll. Vote for your favourite coaster, from a list of steel and wooden coasters. View voters rankings since 1994. Thorough weighting of votes to minimize regional bias
• Ride extravaganza - pictures and information about other types of rides
• National Amusement Park History Association
• Roller coaster related patents

Other links

• Science Days
• Physics of Roller Roasters
• Outdoor Physics
• In-depth presentations
• Amusement rides, general
• Amusement industry
• Enthusiasts
• Safety
• Technology
• Mathematics

Science Days

• Physics/Science/Math Day at Paramount Great America, Santa Clara
• Amusement Park Physics Day Material from NASA
• Coasterquest at Dorney Park, including several Workbooks
• Virginia Instructors of Physics: Amusement Parks and Physics
• Literature suggestions from Science Day, Six Flags, OHIO
• Worlds of Fun Physics Competition
• Ohio Math Works
• HersheyPark Education
• Playland and PNE, Vancouver, BC

... and Other Outdoor Physics Activities

• APS; Links to Sports and amusement parks
• Playground physics
• Resources for outdoor physics
• Lifelong Kindergarten
• Fysik på Gröna Lund
• Fysikkfryd på Tusenfryd
• Lekplatsfysik (playground physics)
• Tivoli, Skolemateriale
• Powerland, Finland

Physics of Roller Coasters

• Physics Education, special issue 2005
• Amusement Park Physics, Annenberg, PBS
• Circular motion
• How do you design an awesome roller coaster? (elementary school)
• Coaster Saver, includes a large collection of Physics links
• Disney Youth Education Series
• More links (from PhysicsDay.org)
• Open Source Video Analysis

Mathematics

• Math Activities, HersheyPark
• Roller Coaster Designer Application of Mathematics
• Roller Coaster Loop Shapes
• Clothoids and motorway junctions more, even more.
• Clothoid - Cornu Spiral
• Vejgeometri (Road Geometry, in Danish)
• Kaput Center for Res. and Innovation in Math. Ed

Amusement Rides, general

• CoasterGlobe, including, e.g., d dictionary, misc. records and Features and articles
• FlatRides has an extensive Ride Index
• Carousel collectors and creators Jargon, Lorec, Fact and Opinion
• History of amusement parks
• History (Ultimate Roller Coaster)
• Roller Coasters almanac
• Coaster Videos
• Park Fun World (Belgien)
• Links from JoyRides, many photos
• Yesterland - the discontinued Disneyland
• Twisted rails, including photos from coaster model constructions
• Lawrie's carnival and amusement park pages (On parks Finland)

In depth presentations, roller coasters and other rides

• Coaster Quest, by Walt Reiss, coaster constructor. including, e.g. pages of the Roller Coaster's Block System and How is a wooden coaster made? and propelled?
• Coasters and More: on Balder

Amusement Industry

• Anton Schwarzkopf and Werner Stengel. Legendary roller-coaster constructors. Informative sites with drawings, exhibits and many more links.

  See also Werner Stengel, Doctor h.c. and the Liseberg Roller Coasters

• Zierer including details about the Lisebergbanan and the Wave Swinger
• Intamin (Kållerado, Balder)
• Arrow Dynamics
• Bolliger Mabillard
• Funtime
• Huss
• Mack Rides
• Maurer - Söhne
• S & S Power
• Zamperla
• Roller Coaster Manufacturers (Coaster Gallery)
• IAAPA, workshop materials
• Ticket for Fun
• Anti-Angst-Achterbahn Seminars
• Google Maps of amusement parks

Enthusiast clubs

• European Coaster Club
• American Coaster Enthusasts
• Club links from ECC
• Amateur Imagineer Blog

Safety

• Ride Accidents
• Safer Parks A Consumer's Guide to Safe Thrills at Amusement Parks and Traveling Carnivals
• Amusement Safety
• Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Report on Safety 2002
• Amusement Ride Technology and Safety
• Olycka med Lisebergbanan i Göteborg, O län, den 15 juli 2006 Haverikommissionens rapport, RO 2007:3
• Säkerhet på lekplatser

Technology

• Roller Coaster Dynamics, Purdue
• Engineering Theme Parks, ASME
• Birket Student FAQs
• Materials give Roller Coaster Enthusiasts a Reason to Scream
• Engineers' Dreams: The Creativity of the Roller Coaster
• Entertainment Engineering
• Theme Park Engineering
• Amusement related patents
• Övningar kring patent
• More links