The Gravitron single car roller coaster has a loop the loop

Last updated: 6/5/2023

The Gravitron single car roller coaster has a loop the loop that is constructed so that riders on the coaster will feel perfectly weightless when they reach the top of the circular arc How heavy will they feel when they reach the bottom of the arc that is what is the normal force pressing up into their seats a the bottom of the loop Assume that the arc is perfectly circular and no frictional forces act on the car Assume that the mass of rider is m Two blocks of masses m 5kg and m 2 kg hang on either side of a frictionless cylinder as in Fig If the system starts at rest what is the speed of m after it has fallen 105 cm m O m