Tag: Physics of the Oktoberfest
Oktoberfest: How do you make it to the top of the Toboggan without an accident?
After two pints of beer, this is quite a demanding task. Because it’s about the conversion of energy – and the stability of the visitors. source site
Oktoberfest: How stable are the Oktoberfest beer benches? – Munich
“And I jump, jump, jump again and again,” it says in the “Flierlied”. When it sounds in the beer tents, visitors take the request literally. They stand on the benches…
Physics of the Oktoberfest: What happens to the foam in the beer mug?
It’s an ambivalent thing: beer drinkers like it because it keeps the drink fresh – but if a mug comes along full of foam, that’s expensive air. And when it…
Oktoberfest: How wet does it get on the wild water ride? – Munich
Splashy white water usually means: Alps or foothills of the Alps, a valley cut, sometimes with a wildly romantic gorge, like on the Isar, above Scharnitz in the Karwendel. And…
Oktoberfest: This is how the Hall of Mirrors works – Munich
They were once the big attraction, then went out of fashion, now they are back in: halls of mirrors. They are now parts of larger mazes, such as René Rasch’s…
Oktoberfest Munich: This is how you win at “Hau den Lukas” – Munich
The harder you push, the more successful you are. What sounds so simple in theory is a bit more complicated in practice. Because even a muscleman will fail at “Hau…
Oktoberfest ride: The physics of the devil’s wheel – Munich
Everything looks very easy on the devil’s wheel. Everyone sits on the disc raised in the middle, it begins to rotate, it accelerates to 23 revolutions per minute, and whoever…