The Physics of Skiing
Skiing at the Triple Point
Series: Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Beitrage, Bd 84;
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Product details:
- Edition number 2
- Publisher Springer New York
- Date of Publication 18 March 2004
- Number of Volumes 1 pieces, Book
- ISBN 9780387007229
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages270 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Weight 1300 g
- Language English
- Illustrations XVIII, 270 p. Tables, black & white 0
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Long description:
"Just over ten years ago when the first drafts of this book were being written, and even more so a few years after that as it was making its way through the publication process, alpine skiing was experiencing what eventually became a complete revolution in equipment and tech nique: ""shaped"" or ""parabolic"" skis completely took over the market, and even relatively beginning skiers expected to carve graceful turns as they schussed down the slopes. Re-reading our work with an eye to revision, we have been surprised to see how our focus on the physics of skiing in the first edition al lowed us to recognize the fundamental importance of what were then quite novel changes in equipment and technique. The essence of the enhancement offered by shaped skis is their greater sidecut radius. Our original discussion (then and now in Chapters 3 and 4) of the crucial role that a ski's sidecut plays in carving a turn caused us to write, for the most part, as if the shaped ski had always been in existence. Sim ilarly, our interest in the geometry ofthe sidecut allowed us to discuss snowboards in some detail as well, for the key to their ability to ""shred"" down the mountain is their deep sidecut. The new edition will include a chapter on biomechanics & physiology of skiing. Other chapters will be revised and brought up to date. The discussion of alpine skiing will include a discussion of the new ""turning"" skiis."
MoreTable of Contents:
1 Introduction: At the Triple Point.- 2 Snow: The Playing Field.- 3 Equipment: Properties and Performance.- 4 Alpine Skiing Techniques: Gliding, Wedging, and Carving.- 5 Interactive Dynamics of Alpine Maneuvers.- 6 High-Performance Skiing.- 7 Nordic Skiing: Running the Tracks.- 8 Adventure Skiing.- 9 Friction: Glide and Grab.- 10 Epilogue: Physics, Skiing, and the Future.- Technote 1 Thermodynamics of Phase Changes.- Technote 2 Ski Loading and Flexure on a Groomed Snow Surface.- Technote 3 The Loads on a Running Ski.- Technote 4 Geometry of the Edged and Flexed Ski.- Technote 5 The Dynamics of Carving a Turn.- Technote 6 Up-and-Down Unweighting.- Technote 7 Analysis of Prejumping.- Technote 8 Aerodynamic Drag.- Technote 9 The Brachistochrone Problem.- Technote 10 Pumping to Increase Velocity.- Technote 11 The Skier as an Inverted Pendulum.- Technote 12 Ski Flexure in Uncompacted Snow.- Technote 13 Meltwater Lubrication.- Glossary of Commonly Used Notations and Symbols.- Units and Conversions.- Physics.- Snow.- Ski Mechanics.- Friction and Waxing.- Backcountry Skiing.- Biomechanics and Mountain Medicine.- Handbooks, Guides, and Symposia.- Bibliography of Authored and Edited Sources.
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