Sport Aerodynamics

In sport disciplines such as running, ice skating, bicycling and cross-country skiing the aerodynamic drag force constitutes the major obstacle to overcome. Furthermore, in ski jumping and in various activities involving a ball the aerodynamic lift force comes in addition into action. This book desc...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Nørstrud, Helge (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Vienna : Springer Vienna, 2008.
Series:CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, 506
Subjects:
Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Description
Summary:In sport disciplines such as running, ice skating, bicycling and cross-country skiing the aerodynamic drag force constitutes the major obstacle to overcome. Furthermore, in ski jumping and in various activities involving a ball the aerodynamic lift force comes in addition into action. This book describes the various sport disciplines on the basis of aerodynamic analysis and also cover the biomechanics part by illustrative performance examples. Such treatment of the underlying physical phenomena of sport activities gives a valuable supplement to existing literature on sport. The reader will also be guided to references which exist for the various topics discussed, so she or he can go into a deeper study of the particular sport activity at wish.
Physical Description:VI, 331 p. 195 illus. online resource.
ISBN:9783211892978
ISSN:0254-1971 ;