Wind and fairness in ski jumping: a computer modelling analysis

Wind is closely associated with the discussion of fairness in ski jumping. To counter-act its influence on the jump length, the International Ski Federation (FIS) has introduced a wind compensation approach. We applied three differently accurate computer models of the flight phase with wind (M1, M2, and M3) to study the jump length effects of various wind scenarios. The previously used model M1 is accurate for wind blowing in direction of the flight path, but inaccuracies are to be expected for wind directions deviating from the tangent to the flight path.

Source: Journal of Biomechanics - May 11, 2018 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Alexander Jung, Wolfram M üller, Manfred Staat Source Type: research