The objective of this project is to design, prototype, and test a device that will absorb the kinetic energy of an alpine ski travelling in any direction when there is no ski boot engaged with the binding. Current ski bindings allow for vertical elastic travel of the heel of a ski boot, causing the ski brakes to deploy prematurely. This often causes ski brakes to break or snap during backwards free-skiing or backwards falls. Our final prototype delays the deployment of the ski brakes using a latch system, therefore allowing the ski brakes to properly handle the loads necessary to arrest the motion of a detached ski while still allowing for elastic travel of the boot.

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Creator

• Luscinski, Robert T
• Greenwood, Jeffrey Edward
• Donahue, Eric Daniel

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042811-233310

Advisor

• Brown, Christopher A.

Year

• 2011

Date created

• 2011-04-28

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright