• 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