COMPARATIVE ASPECTS OF THE MAIN SKI SCHOOLS IN THE WORLD by Tudor BOGDAN, Lăcrimioara LAZĂR

“… Alpine skiing is one of the most practiced winter sports due to accessibility and attractiveness of which enjoys these sports nowadays. …”
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COMPARATIVE ASPECTS OF THE MAIN SKI SCHOOLS IN THE WORLD by Tudor BOGDAN, Lăcrimioara LAZĂR

“… Alpine skiing is one of the most practiced winter sports due to accessibility and attractiveness of which enjoys these sports nowadays. …”
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Validation of a Sensor-Based Dynamic Ski Deflection Measurement in the Lab and Proof-of-Concept Field Investigation by Christoph Thorwartl, Josef Kröll, Andreas Tschepp, Helmut Holzer, Wolfgang Teufl, Thomas Stöggl

“…Introduction: Ski deflection is a performance-relevant factor in alpine skiing and the segmental and temporal curvature characteristics (m⁻¹) along the ski have lately received particular attention. …”
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A Novel Sensor Foil to Measure Ski Deflections: Development and Validation of a Curvature Model by Christoph Thorwartl, Josef Kröll, Andreas Tschepp, Philipp Schäffner, Helmut Holzer, Thomas Stöggl

“…Twenty-four PyzoFlex^® technology-based sensor foils were attached to the upper surface of an alpine ski. A self-developed instrument simultaneously measuring sixteen sensors was used as a data acquisition device. …”
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EL ESQUÍ ALPINO DE COMPETICIÓN (I) by P.J. Gómez

“…The study finishes with some conclusions about alpine ski-racing.<br />KEY WORDS: Alpine ski-racing, trainement start</p>…”
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Winter Sports Tourism: Terminological Issues by Iasmina Iosim, Carmen Dumitrescu, Simona Constantinescu

“…Research results show there are three categories of winter sports terms from a translational perspective: terms that can be translated into Romanian (Alpine ski > ski alpin), terms that can only be paraphrased (sledding > sanie), and terms that cannot be translated into Romanian and that need to be adopted as such (curling > curling).…”
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De la réparation à la restauration by Céline Granjou, Stéphanie Gaucherand, Elaine Chanteloup

“…As a conclusion, we point the specificity of our results concerning l’Alpe d’Huez and discuss their validity for other alpine ski resorts.…”
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Snow Reliability and Water Availability for Snowmaking in the Ski resorts of the Isère Département (French Alps), Under Current and Future Climate Conditions by Martin Gerbaux, Pierre Spandre, Hugues François, Emmanuelle George, Samuel Morin

“…This study presents the evolution of the snow reliability in the 24 alpine ski resorts of the Isère département (Northern French Alps, around Grenoble) over the last decades and its projection into the 21st century, taking into account grooming and snowmaking. …”
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Fiabilité de l’enneigement et disponibilité des ressources en eau pour la production de neige dans les domaines skiables du Département de l’Isère (France), en conditions climatiqu... by Martin Gerbaux, Pierre Spandre, Hugues François, Emmanuelle George, Samuel Morin

“…This study presents the evolution of the snow reliability in the 24 alpine ski resorts of the Isère département (Northern French Alps, around Grenoble) over the last decades and its projection into the 21st century, taking into account grooming and snowmaking. …”
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From repairing the damaged landscape to restoration project by Céline Granjou, Stéphanie Gaucherand, Elaine Chanteloup

“…The study concludes by examining the specificity of the findings for Alpe d’Huez and discussing their validity for other alpine ski resorts.…”
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Optimal Design of Ski Tracks in Construction Projects: Taking the Warm-Up and Training Ski Track of the South Area in the Yanqing Competition Zone of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympi... by Yaoyi Wu, Xianfeng Wu

“…In this study, we aim to simplify digital elevation model (DEM) data, optimize ski track contour lines, and localize the design expression of the ski track designs based on the experience of the construction of the National Alpine Ski Center in the Yanqing Competition Zone for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. …”
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Accurate Extraction of Cableways Based on the LS-PCA Combination Analysis Method by Wenxin Wang, Changming Zhao, Haiyang Zhang

“…Additionally, we selected three samples of data from the National Alpine Ski Center to be used as test objects. The real value is determined by the number of point clouds manually deducted by CloudCompare. …”
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Estimating Alpine Skiers’ Energetics and Turn Radius Using Different Morphological Points by Frédéric Meyer, Fabio Borrani

“…Alpine ski analysis has always been very challenging, mainly due to the environmental conditions, large field and rapid and dynamic skiers’ movements. …”
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Application of Experimental Measurements in a Wind Tunnel to the Development of a Model for Aerodynamic Drag on Elite Slalom and Giant Slalom Alpine Skiers by Matej Majerič, Nina Verdel, Jan Ogrin, Hans-Christer Holmberg, Matej Supej

“…Aerodynamic drag is a major cause of energy losses during alpine ski racing. Here we developed two models for monitoring the aerodynamic drag on elite alpine skiers in the technical disciplines. …”
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Vegetation Classification and a Biomass Inversion Model for Wildfires in Chongli Based on Remote Sensing Data by Feng Xu, Wenjing Chen, Rui Xie, Yihui Wu, Dongming Jiang

“…The establishment of alpine ski resorts highlighted the importance of comprehensive forest surveys. …”
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Introduction of Open-Source Engineering Tools for the Structural Modeling of a Multilayer Mountaineering Ski under Operation by Lorenzo Fraccaroli, Franco Concli

“…This is particularly true in the niche sector of ski mountaineering, where the production batches are significantly smaller with respect to those of alpine skis and at the same time the weight reduction plays a determinant role. …”
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