A gliding board having a design that is generated by a computer-implemented method, the method comprising operating a processor to:
- define a desired carved turn of the gliding board, the desired carved turn being defined at least by a nominal edging angle and an athlete load profile, wherein the athlete load profile represents a load that is applied by an athlete to the gliding board during the desired carved turn;
- define a desired global curvature profile, wherein the desired global curvature profile corresponds to a desired snow trace profile for the desired carved turn;
- generate a desired deformed shape of the gliding board during the desired carved turn, the desired deformed shape of the gliding board being defined at least by a desired total curvature profile, wherein the desired total curvature profile is initially set to correspond to the desired global curvature profile;
- generate a sidecut profile of the gliding board;
- generate a width profile of the gliding board based at least on the sidecut profile;
- generate a camber profile of the gliding board;
- generate at least one stiffness design variable profile, wherein the at least one stiffness design variable profile, in conjunction with at least the width profile and at least one gliding board material property, dictates at least a resulting flexural stiffness profile and at least one resulting auxiliary stiffness profile of the gliding board;
- generate a total load profile based at least on the athlete load profile, wherein the total load profile represents a total load that is applied to the gliding board during the desired carved turn, and wherein generating the total load profile comprises generating a desired snow penetration depth profile;
- modify at least the width profile, the sidecut profile and at least one of the at least one stiffness design variable profile at least once by:
- calculating a desired flexural stiffness profile of the gliding board based at least on the total load profile, such that the gliding board approximately achieves the desired total curvature profile during the carved turn;
- modifying at least one of the at least one stiffness design variable profile such that the resulting flexural stiffness profile is approximately equal to the desired flexural stiffness profile;
- calculating at least one auxiliary deformation profile of the gliding board during the carved turn based at least on the total load profile;
- modifying the desired total curvature profile based at least on the at least one auxiliary deformation profile in order to achieve a resulting global curvature profile that is approximately equal to the desired global curvature profile during the carved turn;
- modifying the sidecut profile based at least on the at least one auxiliary deformation profile in order to achieve a resulting snow penetration depth profile that is approximately equal to the desired snow penetration depth profile;
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- modifying the width profile based at least on the modified sidecut profile;
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- define the design for the gliding board based at least on the width profile, the camber profile, and the at least one stiffness design variable profile.