Dynamics of human flight on skis: Improvements in safety and fairness in ski jumping

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1061-1068

  Müller, Wolfram ^a   Platzer, Dieter ^a   Schmölzer, Bernhard ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Anorexia; Computer model; Ski jumping; Sport hazards

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORTING GOODS; SPORTS MEDICINE; WIND TUNNELS;

EQUIPMENT EFFECTS; FIELD MEASUREMENTS; FLIGHT POSITIONS; HUMAN FLIGHT; JUMPING HILLS; SKI JUMPING; TRAINING METHODS; WIND TUNNEL MEASUREMENTS; WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIING; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 0343867269     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(95)00169-7     Document Type: Article

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