The modern Alpine ski

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-38

  Glenne, Bard ^a   DeRocco, Anthony ^a   Vandergrift, Jim ^a  

^a K2 Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep sidecut skis; Heel force on snow; Interaction of ski properties; Shovel force on snow; Ski load distribution on snow; Ski model comparison; Ski performance (gliding, turning, ease); Ski properties (bending, torsion, camber, widths, sidecut)

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SNOW;

SKIS;

SPORTING GOODS;

EID: 0031220143     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-232X(97)00006-2     Document Type: Article

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