Aerodynamic drag in field cycling with special reference to the obree's position

Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1299-1311

  Grappe, Frederic ^a   Candau, Robin ^a   Belli, Alain ^b   Rouillon, Jean Denis ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU SPORT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Aerodynamic drag; Aerodynamic drag coefficient; Body position; Cycling; Rolling resistance

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DRAG; MEASUREMENT ERRORS;

CYCLING; OBREE'S POSITION;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CYCLING; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTION; VELOCITY;

EID: 0031540947     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401397187388     Document Type: Article

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