The project involved the design and manufacturing of two snowboards. Each snowboard was manufactured with a different longitudinal stiffness by varying the placement of fiberglass throughout the snowboard. Laboratory tests as well as slope tests were performed on the snowboards to determine the overall effect of longitudinal stiffness on snowboard performance. From the tests and research it was determined that a stiffer snowboard results in deeper carving and increased turning difficulty.

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Creator

• Mangasarian, Seth Thomas
• Bongiorni, Frank Charles
• Marcks, Wesley Robert
• Patalano, Peter David

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 00D201M

Advisor

• Brown, Christopher A.

Year

• 2000

Date created

• 2000-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright