The asymmetrical friction mechanism that puts the curl in the curling stone
a b s t r a c t Curling is an Olympic winter sport in which two teams slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area, some 28 m away from the release line. The sport has its name from the fact that the trajectory of a rotating stone becomes slightly curled, a fact used to reach open spots...
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