Steel Structure of Roller Coaster

This diploma thesis deals with a theory, an examination, a method of calculation and a design documentation of a steel frame of a roller coaster.

The roller coaster structure was loaded with all relevant loads according to the standard. In the case of moving loads, there were no dynamic loads used; the loading system has been simplified by using dynamic factors.

The entire structure was modeled in a simulator to obtain the values of loads and the speeds that were into the calculation in RFEM. One ride on the roller coaster takes 1:30 min, with a maximum speed of 51.5 mph. The ultimate and serviceability design checks were performed for the entire structure.

Author	František Frimmer
University	Technical University of Košice, Slovakia Faculty of Civil Engineering

In addition to the history of the origin of roller coasters, their material composition, the structural type, and the latest trends in planning and analysis of such structures, the thesis deals with the theory of loading, and with a detailed description of a specific roller coaster - its shape, static scheme, materials used, and the methods of loading, as well as the total calculation and analysis of the structures carried out manually and using the structural analysis software.

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