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Coefficient of Kinetic Friction of Snow Skis during Turning Descents

Toshio Sahashi and Shoji Ichino¹

(Received July 9, 1997; accepted for publication December 1, 1997)

On a snow plane, descents were performed by snow plows, stem turns, parallel turns and wedelns. The descents were photographed in sequence and these were used to draw the loci of the skis. Coefficients of kinetic friction between the skis and the snow during the turns were obtained from the loci; their values were between 0.01 and 0.3.

KEYWORDS: ski, turning descent, snow plow, stem turn, parallel turn, wedeln, coefficient of kinetic friction
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DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.37.720

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