Metodologia Experimental de Design de Material (MDEMat): Compósito à Base de Fibra de Coco para Veículo Esportivo de Alta Velocidade (SKATE)

Abstract

The skateboard, in common sense, skate, it was born between the years of 1940 and 1950 in the United States of America as an alternative to surf when the natural conditions were not favorable to the practice. Even with more than 70 years of history, the skateboard did not have the same technologic improvements as the other sports that were born at the same time, such as snowboarding. The present work will show some data that is able to measure the importance of skateboard and why invest on the sport to, at the end of the work, deliver a skateboard deck with completely new material in the sport. Will be made a collection of data and of materials, lab tests, modification of materials, photographic registers and elaboration of CAD drawings to, at the end, produce a prototype able to overcome the nowadays technologies in the market. This way, the technology and the materials innovation will be used to assist all the necessities of the skateboarders.