The Engineering of Sport 6: Volume 3: Developments for Innovation

ISBN-13: 9781441922427 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 440 str.

Eckehard Moritz; Steve Haake

Opis

What you are holding in your hands is probably the best overview of activities in sports engineering available at the time of printing; i. e. the state ofthe art in summer 2006. It is the result of so many people's work to whom we are indebted that it is difficult to name them: there are the authors, the scientific advisory board, the scientific committee, the theme patrons, the publisher and printer, the advisors of whatever kind - and, here we have to make an exception, there is Ingo and Amanda. Nobody who has been part of the production of this book could have done without them, at the very least us: they handled issues you wouldn't even believe could tum up with efficiency and charm. Thanks, Ingo Valtingoier; thanks, Amanda Staley. In the accumulation of the contributions and the preparation of the proceedings we encountered one development that we were very happy about: the sports engineering community keeps growing - in the number or researchers and experts involved, but also in the breadth of disciplines and institutions contributing. This should definitely be interpreted as a positive development - even though in the evaluation of contributions this lead to a number of intricate discussions.

Spis treści

Innovation.- Synopsis of Current Developments: Innovation.- Custom-Fit: Quality of Life of European Sporting Public through Custom-Fit Products.- VeloVent — An Inner City Traffic System for Active People.- Approach of a Model for the Interaction Between Athlete, Sports Equipment and Environment.- Strategy Deployment of High-Technology Companies Entering the Consumer Sports Electronic Market.- From Innovation to Firm Formation: Contributions by Sports Enthusiasts to the Windsurfing, Snowboarding & Skateboarding Industries.- Some Problems of Pareto-Optimisation in Sports Engineering.- Life Cycle Assessment and Evaluation of Environmental Impact of Sports Equipment.- Sports Engineering and Sustainability.- Design.- Synopsis of Current Developments: Design.- The Use of System Analysis and Design Methodology in the Development of a Novel Cricket Bowling System.- Degradation of Tennis Balls and their Recovery.- Development of a Highly Adjustable Cushioned Treadmill.- A New Piece of Equipment for Skiing and Fitness — A Comparison with Existing Models.- A Fresh Approach to Sports Equipment Design: Evolving Hockey Sticks Using Genetic Algorithms.- Development of a New Nordic Walking Equipment and a New Sporting Technique.- Materials.- Synopsis of Current Developments: Materials.- Recent Advances in Understanding the Behavior of Shockpads for Outdoor Synthetic Sports Pitches.- The Effect of Pressure on Friction of Steel and Ice and Implementation to Bobsleigh Runners.- Prediction of the Flexural Modulus of Fibre Reinforced Thermoplastics for use as Kayak Paddle Blades.- Sandvik Nanoflex® — Designed for Ultimate Performance.- Manufacturing of Bobsled Runners.- Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics — Trendsetting Material for High Performance Racing Bike Chassis.- Development of Equipment to Compare Novel Ice Skate Blade Materials.- Safety.- Synopsis of Current Developments: Safety.- Safe Use and Redesign of Hydrostatic Weighing Equipment.- Effects of the Mechanical Properties of the Shell and Liner on the Shock Absorption of Helmets.- Simulation of Puck Flight to Improve Safety in Ice Hockey Arenas.- Dynamic Wrist Joint Protector for Sports Applications.- Do Helmets Reduce Fatalities or Merely Alter the Patterns of Death?.- Computer Applications in Sports.- Synopsis of Current Developments: Computer Application in Sports.- Development and Integration of a Novel Cricket Bowling System.- Creating the SMART system—A Database for Sports Movement.- Computer Application in Sports.- Ubiquitous Fitness Support Starts in Everyday’s Context.- Application of Different Computerized Methods for Modelling the Training-Performance Relationship.- Computer-Supported Training (CST) — Integrating Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for Outdoor Training.- Potentials of Information Technologies for Innovation in Fitness Equipment — A Case Study.- Computer Support for Coaching and Scouting in Football.- The Effects of Multimedia Computer-Assisted Instruction on Middle School Students’ Volleyball Performance.- Human Factors.- Synopsis of Current Developments: Human Factors.- Human Movement as a Culturally Shaped Act.- Understanding Human Perception of Field Hockey Stick Performance.- Strategies for Bank Shots and Direct Shots in Basketball.- Optimising Sweeping Techniques for Olympic Curlers.- An Initial Investigation of Human-Natural Turf Interaction in the Laboratory.- Analysis of Game Creativity Development by Means of Continuously Learning Neural Networks.- Influence of Sports Equipments on Human Arm.- Using Sport to Educate and Enthuse Young People About Engineering and the Physical Sciences.- Movement, Health and Quality of Life for Senior Citizens — Prerequisites, Approaches, Concepts.- Performance Sports.- Synopsis of Current Developments: Performance Sports.- The Application of Inertial Sensors in Elite Sports Monitoring.- Requirements and Solution Concepts for the Development of Sport-Specific Measuring Units in High Performance Sports.- Analysis of Fulcrum Skate Performance.- The Klap-Trap: A Device to Monitor Dynamics of the Klap Mechanism in Speed Skating.- Golf Club Development.- Synopsis of Current Developments: Golf Club Development.- Optimum Design and Validation of a Graphite Golf Shaft Based on Dynamics of Swing.- Modelling Vibration Frequency and Stiffness Variations in Welded Ti-Based Alloy Golf Driver Heads.- Optimal Adjustment of Composite-Material Club Shaft Characteristics.- Factors Determining Backspin from Golf Wedges.- Player Fitting of Golf Equipment Using a Calibration Club.- Evaluation of Long and Short Shafts of Golf Club by Real Swing.- Iron Golf Club Striking Characteristics for Male Elite Golfers.- A Golf Swing Robot Emulating Golfers Considering Dynamic Interactions Between Arms and Clubs.- Outdoor Sports.- Synopsis of Current Developments: Outdoor Sports.- Influence of a New Backpack Design on Kinematics and Dynamics of Walking.- Study of the Loss of Thermal Properties of Mountain Boots in an Expedition to Mount Everest.- The Role of Engineering in Fatigue Reduction.- Shoes & Apparel.- Synopsis of Current Developments: Shoes and Apparel.- Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Technology for Sports Recovery.- A New Protocol for Testing the Tensile Strength of Rugby Garments — A Preliminary Study.- Modelling Traction of Studded Footwear on Sports Surfaces using Neural Networks.- The use of Stereoscopy and High-Speed Video for the Measurement of Quasi-Static and Dynamic Shoe Loading Scenarios.- Benchmarking Stiffness of Current Sprint Spikes and Concept Selective Laser Sintered Nylon Outsoles.- Relationship Between Shoe Dimensions, Ground Reaction Forces and Perception of Stability During Locomotion.- Mechanical Properties of Orthopaedic Insoles under Cyclic Loads and Correlation with Daily Use.

Blurb

The Engineering of Sport 6

The International Sports Engineering Association (ISEA) was launched in 1998 as a response to the enthusiasm created by the 1st and 2nd International Conferences on the Engineering of Sport. The primary aim of the ISEA is to act as a forum to discuss technical and scientific issues relating to sport and sport technology for those carrying out research and development in this field. The members of the ISEA come from a wide range of disciplines from engineering to sports science, from research organisations, universities and relevant industries world wide. Since the launch of ISEA in 1998 in Sheffield (UK), biannual conferences have took place in Sydney (Australia), Kyoto (Japan), and two years ago in Davis (USA). In 2006 the biannual conference is being held in Munich following the FIFA World Cup 2006 Germany. ISEA publishes the International Sports Engineering Journal, which represents one of the leading scholarly journals in the field of Sports Engineering, now in its 9th successful year.

The editors

"It is fitting that the biggest International Sports Engineering conference so far has been organised by Eckehard Fozzy Moritz. Fozzy is big both in stature and in ideas, willing to do as all good designers do in thinking outside the box. The conference, to which this proceedings refers, will have been an enjoyable affair since Fozzy rarely does anything without fun (or at least with an element of the unexpected)! Fozzy was instrumental in setting up DIVERS, the German society for sports engineering, and now has a dynamic group of people around him in his unique centre for innovation in sports, the SportKreativWerkstatt. The design of this proceedings is testament to the hard work of Fozzy and his team in the creation of something dynamic and yet different for the world of sports engineering." Stephen J. Haake

"Steve Haake IS sports engineering. With the organization of the first conference on sports engineering in 1996, and the editing of the very first set of proceedings on this topic, he was the one who made this field popular in the world and acceptable in academic circles. Further milestones followed that are all still successful today: The foundation of the International Sports Engineering Association that he has chaired for almost a decade, the establishment of a scientific journal on sports engineering, the origination of novel institutions like the Sports Engineering Network and SportsPulse in England; and since March 2006 Professor Haake is head of the Centre for Sports and Exercise Science at Sheffield Hallam University.

The secret to Steve's success is openness and hospitality. When I approached him in 1998, to learn more about sports engineering and how to relate this to my own field of innovation, Steve was simply inviting me over to his place and shared ideas, competence and knowledge with me. Similar encounters followed that greatly helped my work: I have to say I am very proud to have Steve as a co-editor of these proceedings." Eckehard Fozzy Moritz