Polymers on Snow Towards Skiing Faster
Research Collection Doctoral Thesis Polymers on snow towards skiing faster Author(s): Giesbrecht, Jan Lukas Publication Date: 2010 Permanent Link: https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-a-006042752 Rights / License: In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted This page was generated automatically upon download from the ETH Zurich Research Collection. For more information please consult the Terms of use. ETH Library Diss. ETH No. 18857 Polymers on snow Towards skiing faster A dissertation submitted to ETH ZURICH for the degree of Doctor of Sciences presented by Jan Lukas Giesbrecht Dipl. Werkstoff-Ing. ETH born May 3, 1979 citizen of Bern, Switzerland accepted on the recommendation of Prof. Paul Smith, examiner Prof. Nicholas D. Spencer, co-examiner Dr. Leon E. Govaert, co-examiner Dr. Theo A. Tervoort, co-examiner Michael Jufer, co-examiner 2010 Contents Summary 1 Zusammenfassung 3 Chapter I Introduction 5 Chapter II New method for testing of ski-soles 25 Chapter III Influence of chemical composition 51 Chapter IV Surface structures 65 Chapter V Macroscopic contact area 87 Chapter VI Conclusions and outlook 103 Appendix 111 Acknowledgments 115 Curriculum Vitae 117 “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” T.
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