The influence of the phase difference between the crank angle of the pilot and that of the stoker on the drag acting on a tandem bike
Two wind tunnel experiments were carried out to investigate the drag acting on a tandem bike. One experiment involved measurement of the drag acting on two full-scale human models on a tandem. These two human models can pedal the tandem. In the other experiment, two oscillating cylinders were used as a simplified model of the legs of the pilot and the stoker. These were arranged to represent the legs of the riders on a tandem. Measurements of the drag on this model were made. It was found that the drag decreases when the crank angle of the stoker`s pedal is delayed with respect to the pilot`s pedal.
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| Notations: | sports for the handicapped endurance sports technical and natural sciences biological and medical sciences |
| Tagging: | Luftwiderstand Tandem |
| Published in: | Proceedings |
| Language: | English |
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2018
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2060209 |
| Volume: | 2 |
| Issue: | 6 |
| Pages: | 209 |
| Document types: | article |
| Level: | advanced |