The importance of the surface roughness and running band area on the bottom of a stone for the curling phenomenon
Abstract Curling is a sport in which players deliver a cylindrical granite stone on an ice sheet in a curling hall toward a circular target located 28.35 m away. The stone gradually moves laterally, or curls, as it slides on ice. Although several papers have been published to propose a mechanism of...
| Published in: | Scientific Reports |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-76660-8 http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-76660-8.pdf http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-76660-8 |