Stack, M.M. (2004) There's something in the way you move - horse racing and skiing are two sports where a better understanding of friction could work. Physics World, 11. pp. 24-25. ISSN 0953-8585
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Abstract
Have you ever had the experience of gliding effortlessly across a dance floor with a partner of rugby-player proportions, yet endured a swollen ankle minutes later from the quickstep of someone half the size? Why does one twin sister seem to be "hard" on shoes while the other can make a pair last twice as long? The explanation for counterintuitive phenomena like these lies in the study of friction and wear - a field known as tribology - and an increasingly rich source of tribological data come from the science of sport.
| Item type: | Article |
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| ID code: | 6290 |
| Keywords: | wear, abrasion, tribology, corrosion, Mechanical engineering and machinery, Sports Medicine, Physics |
| Subjects: | Technology > Mechanical engineering and machinery Medicine > Internal medicine > Sports Medicine Science > Physics |
| Department: | Faculty of Engineering > Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering |
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| Depositing user: | Strathprints Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jul 2008 |
| Last modified: | 30 May 2012 17:23 |
| URI: | http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/6290 |
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