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The Engineering Approach to Winter Sports
Braghin Francesco
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Description for The Engineering Approach to Winter Sports
Hardcover. Editor(s): Cheli, Federico; Braghin, Francesco; Maldifassi, Stefano; Melzi, Stefano; Sabbioni, Edoardo. Num Pages: 383 pages, 88 black & white illustrations, 133 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PHVN; PNR; TGMT; WSW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 245 x 21. Weight in Grams: 864.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Number of Pages
383
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781493930197
SKU
V9781493930197
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-3
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