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The Engineering Approach to Winter Sports

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Editors:
  1. Francesco Braghin

    1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

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  2. Federico Cheli

    1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

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  3. Stefano Maldifassi

    1. AC Milan SpA, Milano, Italy

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  4. Stefano Melzi

    1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

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  5. Edoardo Sabbioni

    1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

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  • Presents a thorough and coherent approach to the design and optimization of winter sports equipment
  • Spans a wide range of issues from the basics, such as interactions of snow/ice to materials, innovative solutions, high-end simulations, and dedicated sensor and measurement setups for the different disciplines
  • Provides experimental evidence from top athletes through cooperation with the Italian Winter Sport Federation
  • Features 200 illustrations
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Ice and Snow for Winter Sports

    • Norikazu Maeno
    Pages 1-15

  3. Friction Between Ski and Snow

    • Werner Nachbauer, Peter Kaps, Michael Hasler, Martin Mössner
    Pages 17-32

  4. Friction Between Runner and Ice

    • Francesco Braghin, Edoardo Belloni, Stefano Melzi, Edoardo Sabbioni, Federico Cheli
    Pages 33-51

  5. Alpine Ski

    • Stefano Melzi, Edoardo Belloni, Edoardo Sabbioni
    Pages 53-106

  6. Cross-Country Ski

    • Peter Carlsson, M. Ainegren, M. Tinnsten, D. Sundström, B. Esping, A. Koptioug et al.
    Pages 107-151

  7. Aerodynamics of Ski Jumping

    • Mikko Virmavirta
    Pages 153-181

  8. Bobsleigh and Skeleton

    • Edoardo Sabbioni, Stefano Melzi, Federico Cheli, Francesco Braghin
    Pages 183-276

  9. Ice Skating

    • Edoardo Belloni, Edoardo Sabbioni, Stefano Melzi
    Pages 277-310

  10. Ice Hockey Skate, Stick Design and Performance Measures

    • R. A. Turcotte, P. Renaud, D. J. Pearsall
    Pages 311-326

  11. Curling

    • Norikazu Maeno
    Pages 327-347

  12. Why Did We Lose? Towards an Integrated Approach to Winter Sports Science

    • Dario Dalla Vedova
    Pages 349-378

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 379-383
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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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

    Francesco Braghin, Federico Cheli, Stefano Melzi

  • AC Milan SpA, Milano, Italy

    Stefano Maldifassi

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Edoardo Sabbioni

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