Overview
- 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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Book Title: The Engineering Approach to Winter Sports
Editors: Francesco Braghin, Federico Cheli, Stefano Maldifassi, Stefano Melzi, Edoardo Sabbioni
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3020-3
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-3019-7
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-4635-8
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-3020-3
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 383
Topics: Engineering Design, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics, Physical Chemistry, Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films