Revisiting Mechanics of Ice–Skate Friction: From Experiments at a Skating Rink to a Unified Hypothesis

Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/42642

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Report Number: ERDC/CRREL MP-21-32

Title: Revisiting Mechanics of Ice–Skate Friction: From Experiments at a Skating Rink to a Unified Hypothesis

By: James H. Lever, Austin P. Lines, Susan Taylor, Garrett R. Hoch, Emily Asenath-Smith and Devinder S. Sodhi

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.

December 2021

25 pages / 1.8 MB