The Physics of Skiing

Skiing at the Triple Point

David A. Lind, Scott P. Sanders

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English

Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
18 March 2004

Popular science; Applied physics; Skiing

Understanding the properties of snow and how it changes and interacts with the skis will help you appreciate the special phenomena that occur at the triple point, where the solid, liquid, and vapor phases coexist.

You'll learn about alpine, cross-country, and speed skiing techniques, wax performance, and you'll get scientific data that is not readily available on the technical specifications and performance of ski equipment.

The new edition will include a chapter on biomechanics & physiology of skiing.

Other chapters will be revised & brought up to date.

The discussion of Alpine skiing will include an extensive discussion of the new ""turning"" skis.

By: David A. Lind, Scott P. Sanders
Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd ed. 2004
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 1.300kg
ISBN: 9780387007229
ISBN 10: 0387007229
Pages: 270
Publication Date: 18 March 2004
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Further / Higher Education , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for The Physics of Skiing: Skiing at the Triple Point

"Choice Review by L. W. Moore, formerly, University of Kentucky ""Lind (emer., Univ. of Colorado, Boulder) and Sanders (Univ. of New Mexico) offer this new edition, which retains the virtues noted in the review of the original (CH, Jun'97), derived from the serious application of physics to the enhancement of the understanding and experience of skiing. Skiers will find practical information with or without recourse to the (admittedly demanding) underlying physics. Teachers of physics will find an excellent primary or supplementary text detailing the physics of snow as well as a practical--dare we say, cool--demonstration of mechanical and aerodynamic principles. Historians of technology will find a case study of the application of scientific knowledge to the improvement of an originally ""cut and try"" technology. That prime demographic audience of physicists who also ski will find this book, naturally, definitive ... Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty."""