Sport Aerodynamics

• 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: Engineering.; Fluid mechanics.; Biomedical engineering.; Biomedical Engineering.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.; Engineering, general.

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...

Table of Contents:

• Basic Aerodynamics
• Factors influencing on running
• Cycling Aerodynamics
• Performance factors in bicycling: Human power, drag, and rolling resistance
• Skin Suit Aerodynamics in Speed Skating
• Cross-Country Skiing
• Alpine Downhill and Speed-Skiing
• Performance factors in ski jumping
• Computer simulation of ski jumping based on wind tunnel data
• Ski-Jumping Aerodynamics: Model-Experiments and CFD-Simulations
• Some Aspects of Ski Jumping
• Sports Ball Aerodynamics.