The importance of being light: Aerodynamic forces and weight in ski jumping

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1059-1069

  Schmolzer B ^a   Muller W ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Computer simulation; Ski jumping; Underweight; Wind tunnel measurements

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH RISKS; SKI JUMPS; WIND TUNNELS;

AERODYNAMIC FORCES;

BIOMECHANICS;

ACCURACY; AIR; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; FLIGHT; FORCE; HUMAN; JUMPING; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIING; WIND;

EID: 0036067645     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(02)00066-0     Document Type: Article

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