The engineering approach to winter sports [electronic resource] / Francesco Braghin, Federico Cheli, Stefano Maldifassi, Stefano Melzi and Edoardo Sabbioni, editors.
Braghin, Francesco, editor.; Cheli, Federico, editor.; Maldifassi, Stefano, editor.; Melzi, Stefano, editor.; Sabbioni, Edoardo, editor.
2016
GV841
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Title The engineering approach to winter sports [electronic resource] / Francesco Braghin, Federico Cheli, Stefano Maldifassi, Stefano Melzi and Edoardo Sabbioni, editors.
ISBN 9781493930203 (electronic book)
1493930206 (electronic book)
9781493930197
1493930192
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3020-3
Published New York : Springer, 2016.
Copyright ©2016
Language English
Description 1 online resource.
Item Number 10.1007/978-1-4939-3020-3 doi
Call Number GV841
Dewey Decimal Classification 796.9
Summary The Engineering Approach to Winter Sports presents the state-of-the-art research in the field of winter sports in a harmonized and comprehensive way for a diverse audience of engineers, equipment and facilities designers, and materials scientists. The book examines the physics and chemistry of snow and ice with particular focus on the interaction (friction) between sports equipment and snow/ice, how it is influenced by environmental factors, such as temperature and pressure, as well as by contaminants and how it can be modified through the use of ski waxes or the microtextures of blades or ski soles. The authors also cover, in turn, the different disciplines in winter sports: skiing (both alpine and cross country), skating and jumping, bob sledding and skeleton, hockey and curling, with attention given to both equipment design and on the simulation of gesture and track optimization.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed October 13, 2015).
Added Author Braghin, Francesco, editor.
Cheli, Federico, editor.
Maldifassi, Stefano, editor.
Melzi, Stefano, editor.
Sabbioni, Edoardo, editor.
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1.Ice and snow for winter sports
2.Friction between ski and snow
3.Friction between runner and ice
4.Alpine Ski
5.Cross-country Ski
6.Aerodynamics of Ski Jumping
7.Bobsleigh and Skeleton
8.Ice Skating
9.Ice Hockey Skate, Stick Design and Performance Measures
10.Curling
11.Why did we lose? Towards an integrated approach to Winter Sports Science.

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