DocumentCode
839087
Title
Building "boring" rides and shows
Author
Birket, G.
Author_Institution
Birket Eng. Inc., Ocoee, FL, USA
Volume
6
Issue
4
fYear
2003
Firstpage
18
Lastpage
22
Abstract
In the theme park industry, boring means safety and profit. All of the safety systems, distributed E-Stop interface, effect-enable matrix, wind monitoring, extensive fault detection, system self-checks, and more, are all biased to disable the effects if anything unusual happens, It is not enough that the system not notice anything wrong, it must confirm that everything is right before it will enable the effects.
Keywords
control engineering computing; entertainment; safety systems; distributed E-Stop interface; effect-enable matrix; extensive fault detection; profit; rides; safety systems; shows; system self-checks; theme park industry; wind monitoring; Computer crashes; Design engineering; Electrical equipment industry; Engineering management; Helicopters; IEC standards; Industrial control; Instruments; Reliability engineering; Safety;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1094-6969
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MIM.2003.1251478
Filename
1251478
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