Current adaptive skiing devices fail to provide many of the controls that non-disabled skiers have such as fore-aft movement of CG, edge angle, and vertical articulation of skis. Due to these limitations it can be difficult to satisfy Euler's equations for stability in 3-D and thereby exit turns cleanly. This project creates an adaptive skiing device that can better replicate normal skiing techniques which may enable better skiing and lessen the strength and balance demands required to operate it. A rigorous, structured innovation process following axiomatic design theory and methods is used to develop viable solutions. From this we have come to a solution that can better replicate a non-disabled skier with independent fore-aft, lateral-medial, vertical, edging, and steering of each ski.

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Creator

• McCalmont, Austin H.
• Parker, David
• Grier, Jared
• St. Hilaire, Jeffrey

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042419-132711

Advisor

• Brown, Christopher A.

Year

• 2019

Sponsor

• Robert Neumeister

Date created

• 2019-04-24

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright