The importance of the surface roughness and running band area on the bottom of a stone for the curling phenomenon

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 the curli...

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Published in:Scientific Reports
Main Authors: Kameda, Takao, Shikano, Daiki, Harada, Yasuhiro, Yanagi, Satoshi, Sado, Kimiteru
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2020
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Online Access:https://kitami-it.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/8948/files/Sci Rep 10, 20637 (2020).pdf