HOW SKELETON ATHLETES ACHIEVE HIGH-SPEED SLIDING ON THE TILTED TRACK

Yun Ma; Xiao Zhang; Qing Sun; Bo Huo; Jing Hu; Ning Wang

doi:10.6052/1000-0879-22-093

HOW SKELETON ATHLETES ACHIEVE HIGH-SPEED SLIDING ON THE TILTED TRACK

Yun Ma^*, Xiao Zhang, Qing Sun, Bo Huo, Jing Hu, Ning Wang

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School of Aerospace Engineering

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Abstract

It explains the mechanics why athletes for the skeleton sport in the Winter Olympic Games are able to achieve high-speed sliding on the tilted track, using the d’Alembert principle. Though careful design and implantation of experiments, it reveals that mainly two factors, i.e., appropriate sliding speed and low center of gravity, determine whether athletes can smoothly and safely pass the curved section of the track. In addition, more similar demonstration experiments can be used in the future to promote the teaching work for the theoretical mechanics.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	450-453
Number of pages	4
Journal	Mechanics in Engineering
Volume	44
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.6052/1000-0879-22-093
Publication status	Published - 8 Apr 2022

Keywords

attaching flight
demonstration experiment
low center of gravity
skeleton
sliding speed

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