Effects of Mechanical Properties of Snowboard on Snowboard Turn

The authors have proposed a numerical approach for estimating a snowboard turn. Also, they have proposed an identification method for equivalent elastic parameters of a snowboard. In this study, to clarify the effect of the mechanical property (elastic parameter) of snowboard on the snowboard turn, the numerical approach and the identification method are used. First, by using vibrational properties of the snowboard, the mechanical property that is one of important factors for simulating the snowboard turn is identified. Next, by using the identified mechanical property, the snowboard turn is simulated. Consequently, it is shown that the snowboard turn is influenced by the snowboard model. Furthermore, it is presented that the snowboard turn changes extremely even if the mechanical property of the snowboard are changed partially.