TY  - JOUR
A1  - Jung, Alexander
A1  - Müller, Wolfram
A1  - Staat, Manfred
T1  - Wind and fairness in ski jumping: A computer modelling analysis
JF  - Journal of Biomechanics
N2  - 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. M2 considers the change of airflow direction, but it does not consider the associated change in the angle of attack of the skis which additionally modifies drag and lift area time functions. M3 predicts the length effect for all wind directions within the plane of the flight trajectory without any mathematical simplification. Prediction errors of M3 are determined only by the quality of the input data: wind velocity, drag and lift area functions, take-off velocity, and weight. For comparing the three models, drag and lift area functions of an optimized reference jump were used. Results obtained with M2, which is much easier to handle than M3, did not deviate noticeably when compared to predictions of the reference model M3. Therefore, we suggest to use M2 in future applications. A comparison of M2 predictions with the FIS wind compensation system showed substantial discrepancies, for instance: in the first flight phase, tailwind can increase jump length, and headwind can decrease it; this is opposite of what had been anticipated before and is not considered in the current wind compensation system in ski jumping.
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2018.05.001
SN  - 0021-9290
IS  - 75
SP  - 147
EP  - 153
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Akimbekov, Nuraly S.
A1  - Mansurov, Zulkhair
A1  - Jandosov, J.
A1  - Digel, Ilya
A1  - Gossmann, Matthias
A1  - Artmann, Gerhard
A1  - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül
A1  - Zhubanova, Azhar A.
T1  - Wound healing activity of carbonized rice husk
N2  - The carbonized rice husk (CRH) was evaluated for its wound healing activity in rats using excision models. In this study, the influences of CRH on wound healing in rat skin in vivo and cellular behavior of human dermal fibroblasts in vitro were investigated. The obtained results showed that the CRH treatment promoted wound epithelization in rats and exhibited moderate inhibition of cell proliferation in vitro. CRH with lanolin oil treated wounds were found to epithelize faster as compared to controls.
KW  - Wundheilung
KW  - Epithel
KW  - Fibroblast
KW  - carbonized rice husk
KW  - wound healing
KW  - epithelization
KW  - human dermal fibroblasts
Y1  - 2013
PB  - Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland
CY  - Bäch
ER  -