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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN-13
9781493930197
eBay Product ID (ePID)
214702093
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Mechanical Engineering
Author
Edoardo Sabbioni, Stefano Melzi, Federico Cheli, Stefano Maldifassi, Francesco Braghin
Publication Name
The Engineering Approach to Winter Sports
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Engineering & Technology, Chemistry, Physics
Publication Year
2015
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
383 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Item Weight
7806g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
Edoardo Sabbioni, Stefano Maldifassi, Stefano Melzi, Francesco Braghin, Federico Cheli