Characteristics of the early flight phase in the Olympic ski jumping competition

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2157-2163

  Virmavirta, Mikko ^a   Isolehto, Juha ^a   Komi, Paavo ^a   Brüggemann, Gert Peter ^b   Müller, Erich ^c   Schwameder, Hermann ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Early flight phase; Ski jumping; Winter Olympic games

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIR; ANGLE MEASUREMENT; COMPETITION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FLIGHT DYNAMICS; POSITION MEASUREMENT;

AERODYNAMIC FORCES; EARLY FLIGHT PHASE; FLIGHT PHASE; WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES;

SKI JUMPS;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPETITION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; JUMPING; KINEMATICS; KINESIOLOGY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIING; WINTER;

ALTITUDE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SKIING; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 24644445637     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2004.10.004     Document Type: Article

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