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View article: Morphometrics for sports mechanics: Showcasing tennis racket shape diversity
Morphometrics for sports mechanics: Showcasing tennis racket shape diversity Open
Tennis racket design has changed from its conception in 1874. While we know that modern tennis rackets are lighter and have larger heads than their wooden predecessors, it is unknown how their gross shape has changed specifically. It is al…
View article: Effect of materials and design on the bending stiffness of tennis rackets
Effect of materials and design on the bending stiffness of tennis rackets Open
Lawn tennis rackets have changed considerably since the origins of the game. Early rackets were wooden, making them heavier and more flexible than modern designs made from fibre-polymer composites. The fundamental frequency of a freely sus…
View article: Materials Have Driven the Historical Development of the Tennis Racket
Materials Have Driven the Historical Development of the Tennis Racket Open
The tennis racket has developed since the origins of Lawn Tennis in the 1870s. This study investigated how the tennis racket developed from 1874 to 2017, using measurements and material classifications for 525 samples. Racket measurements …
View article: Recommendations for estimating the moments of inertia of a tennis racket
Recommendations for estimating the moments of inertia of a tennis racket Open
Tennis racket properties are of interest to sports engineers and designers as it allows them to evaluate performance, review trends and compare designs. This study explored mathematical models that correlated to the mass moments of inertia…
View article: Recommendations for Measuring Tennis Racket Parameters
Recommendations for Measuring Tennis Racket Parameters Open
Tennis rackets have advanced significantly since the invention of the game in 1874,
\nincluding innovations in both shape and materials. Advances in these design parameters have
\nimplications for racket performance, especially swing speed…
View article: Parametric analysis of the stability of a bicycle taking into account geometrical, mass and compliance properties
Parametric analysis of the stability of a bicycle taking into account geometrical, mass and compliance properties Open
Some studies of bicycle dynamics have applied the Whipple Carvallo bicycle model (WCBM) for the stability analysis. The WCBM is limited, since structural elements are assumed to be rigid bodies. In this paper, the WCBM is extended to inclu…
View article: The effect of swingarm stiffness on motorcycle stability: experimental measurements and numerical simulations
The effect of swingarm stiffness on motorcycle stability: experimental measurements and numerical simulations Open
This paper focuses on the effect of swingarm deformability on motorcycle stability and in particular on the weave mode. Multibody models for the analysis of stability and handling of single track vehicles require a lumped element represent…
View article: Identification of the Mechanical Properties of Tires for Wheelchair Simulation
Identification of the Mechanical Properties of Tires for Wheelchair Simulation Open
The development of high performance wheelchairs and wheelchair simulators requires dynamic models taking into account the properties of tires. In this paper the properties of two wheelchair tires are measured by means of a rotating disc te…
View article: Identification and improvement of the dynamic properties of the components of two-wheeled vehicles
Identification and improvement of the dynamic properties of the components of two-wheeled vehicles Open
Single track vehicles dynamic is a very complex topic that involves many different branches of the scientific knowledge, such as vibration mechanics, stability and control, materials science and biomechanics. Although the first studies on …