Aerodynamic study of different cyclist positions: CFD analysis and full-scale wind-tunnel tests

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1262-1268

  Defraeye, Thijs ^a   Blocken, Bert ^b   Koninckx, Erwin ^a   Hespel, Peter ^a   Carmeliet, Jan ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; CFD; Cyclist; Drag; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

CFD; CFD ANALYSIS; CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; CYCLIST; DRAG FORCES; DRAG MEASUREMENT; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; PRACTICAL USE; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES; SURFACE PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS; SURFACE PRESSURES; TURBULENCE MODELLING; WALL FUNCTION; WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENT; WIND TUNNEL TESTS; WIND-TUNNEL DATA;

AERODYNAMIC DRAG; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW FIELDS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WIND TUNNELS;

AERODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSITION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; DYNAMICS; FRICTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BICYCLING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POSTURE;

EID: 77951974654     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.01.025     Document Type: Article

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