Influence of tyre pressure and vertical load on coefficient of rolling resistance and simulated cycling performance

Ergonomics

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1361-1371

  Grappe, F ^a   Candau, R ^a   Barbier, B ^a   Hoffman, M D ^b   Belli, A ^a   Rouillon, J D ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU SPORT   (France)

^b CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Extra loading; Hysteresis loss; Performance simulation; Rolling resistance

Indexed keywords

BICYCLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROLLING RESISTANCE; TIRES;

CYCLING LOCOMOTION; INFLATION PRESSURE; TIRE PRESSURE;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; DECELERATION; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MASS; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE; SIMULATION;

EID: 0032872382     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401399185009     Document Type: Article

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