Materials in Sports Equipment

Materials in Sports Equipment, Second Edition, provides a detailed review on the design and performance of materials in sports apparel, equipment and surfaces in a broad range of sporting applications. Chapters cover materials modeling, non-destructive testing, design issues for sports apparel, skull and mouth protection, and new chapters on artificial sport surfaces, anthropometric design customization, and 3D printing in sports equipment. In addition, the book covers sports-specific design and material choices in a range of key sports, from baseball, rowing, and archery, to ice hockey, snowboarding, and fishing.

Users will find a valuable resource that explicitly links materials, engineering and design principles directly to sports applications, thus making it an essential resource to materials scientists, engineers, sports equipment designers and sports manufacturers developing products in this evolving field.

Materiale in echipamente sportive, editia a doua, ofera o analiza detaliata a proiectarii si performantei materialelor in imbracaminte sportiva, echipamente si suprafete intr-o gama larga de aplicatii sportive. Capitolele acopera modelarea materialelor, testarea nedistructiva, problemele de proiectare pentru imbracamintea sportiva, protectia craniului si a gurii si capitolele noi despre suprafetele sportive artificiale, personalizarea designului antropometric si imprimarea 3D in echipamentele sportive.