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Name: naveen
Status: student
Grade: other
Location: N/A
Country: India
Date: Summer 2011
Question:
How do roller coaster brakes work?


Replies:
There are several kinds of brakes.

The most common is friction braking.

Another kind is electromagnetic braking, using magnets.

A third is eddy current braking using a conductor and magnets.

Nathan A. Unterman


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