|
||||||||||
|
||||||||||
|
|
 Physics of Skiing, The: Skiing at the Triple Point by Lind, David A. |
| |||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
| |
Brief Description Includes a chapter on biomechanics and physiology of skiing. This book provides a discussion of alpine skiing, including a discussion of the "turning" skiis. |
| |
Authors:
click here to promote your work to the Booksconnect community.
By joining Booksconnect you will be able to add or update your profile, reading guides, bookshelves, extracts, blogs, reviews, events, twitter username for twitter feeds and participate in discussions and more. |
| |
Synopsis 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. |
| |
Table of Contents Introduction: At the Triple Point.- Snow: The Playing Field.- Equipment: Properties and Performance.- Alpine Skiing Techniques.- Interactive Dynamics of Alpine Maneuvers.- High-Performance Skiing.- Nordic Skiing.- Adventure Skiing.- Friction:Glide and Grab.- Epilogue: Physics, Skiing, and the Future.- Technotes. |
| |
Related Links - Countrybookshop Bestselling Authors in Popular Science Pratchett, Terry Bryson, Bill Hawking, S.W. Winston, Robert M.L. Hargittai, Istvan Cadbury, Deborah Dawkins, Richard Fink, Thomas Singh, Simon Pinker, Steven |
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
add item
