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The contact between the ski base and/or ski edges and the snow strongly modifies the modal response of the ski itself. It has therefore not much sense to analyze the dynamic behavior of the skis in free-free conditions or with the ski pressed against a solid ground as can be done in laboratory. In order to assess the ski’s characteristics in real working conditions, sensor nodes, including a three-axial accelerometer and a GPS, were designed and produced at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Politecnico di Milano. A test campaign was carried out on SL and GS skis of most of the top ski firms. Qualitative feelings of a professional ski tester were compared with the measured accelerations and trajectories.
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Bassetti, M., Braghin, F., Castelli-Dezza, F., Negrini, S., Pennacchi, P. (2012). Sensor Nodes for the Dynamic Assessment of Alpine Skis. In: Allemang, R., De Clerck, J., Niezrecki, C., Blough, J. (eds) Topics in Modal Analysis II, Volume 6. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2419-2_48
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