The Engineering Approach to Winter Sports (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2015
First published:	2016
Editors:	Francesco Braghin • Federico Cheli • Stefano Maldifassi • Stefano Melzi • Edoardo Sabbioni
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	383
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-1-4939-3019-7
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Biophysics Books > Science & Mathematics > Chemistry > Physical chemistry > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Winter sports > General Books > Professional & Technical > Mechanical engineering & materials > Materials science > Testing of materials > General
LSN:	1-4939-3019-2
Barcode:	9781493930197

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