Luge track safety
@article{Hubbard2012LugeTS, title={Luge track safety}, author={Mont Hubbard}, journal={Sports Engineering}, year={2012}, volume={16}, pages={123-135} }
Simple geometric models of ice surface shapes and equations of motion of objects on these surfaces can be used to explain ejection of sliders from ice tracks. Simulations employing these explain why certain design features can be viewed as proximate causes of ejection from the track and hence design flaws. This paper studies the interaction of a particle model for the luge sled (or its right runner) with the ice fillet commonly connecting inside vertical walls in turns to the flat track bottom…
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