Routledge handbook of sports technology and engineering - Fuss, Franz Konstantin; Subic, Aleksandar; Strangwood, Martin; Mehta, Rabindra (London Routledge, Taylor & Francis, 2016)
Part I. Sustainable sports engineering. Sustainable design of sports products / Aleksandar Subic, Adrian Mouritz and Olga Troynikov ; Sustainable manufacturing of sports products / Aleksandar Subic ... [et al.] -- Part II. Instrumentation technology. Instrumentation of sports equipment / Franz Konstantin Fuss ; Smart devices and technologies for sports applications / Franz Konstantin Fuss ; Instrumentation of athletes / Daniel Arthur James ; Technologies in exertion games / Florian Mueller -- Part III. Summer mobility sports. Design of racing bicycles / Lachlan Thompson ; Mountain bike technology / Robin C. Redfield ; Rowing equipment technology / Alastair Campbell Ritchie and John Dominy ; Sport wheelchair technologies / Franz Konstantin Fuss and Aleksandar Subic -- Part IV. Winter mobility sports. Cross-country ski technology / Leonid Kuzmin and Franz Konstantin Fuss ; Snowboard technology / Patrick Clifton, Aleksandar Subic and Franz Konstantin Fuss ; Ice hockey skate design and performance / Rene A. Turcotte and David J. Pearsall -- Part V. Apparel and protection equipment. Design and mechanics of running shoes / Franz Konstantin Fuss ; Sports apparel / Aleksandar Subic ... [et al.] ; Sports helmets / Aleksandar Subic, Firoz Alam and Monir Takla ; Design and mechanics of mountaineering equipment / Franz Konstantin Fuss and Günther Niegl -- Part VI. Sports implements. Golf club construction, design and performance / Martin Strangwood and Carl Slater ; Tennis racquet technology / Franz Konstantin Fuss, Aleksandar Subic and Rod Cross ; Mechanical behaviour of baseball and softball bats / Lloyd Smith ; Ice hockey stick mechanics and designs / David J. Pearsall and Rene A. Turcotte -- Part VII. Sports balls. The science and engineering of golf balls / Martin Strangwood ; Solid mechanics and aerodynamics of cricket balls / Franz Konstantin Fuss, Aleksandar Subic and Rabindra Mehta ; Mechanical and aerodynamic behaviour of baseballs and softballs / Lloyd Smith and Jeff Kensrud ; Hockey balls / Dan Ranga and Martin Strangwood ; Oval-shaped sports balls : aerodynamics, friction and bounce / Firoz Alam, Franz Konstantin Fuss and Aleksandar Subic ; Aerodynamics and court interaction of tennis balls / Firoz Alan ... [et al.] ; Aerodynamics and construction of modern soccer balls / Firoz Alan ... [et al.] -- Part VIII. Sports surfaces and facilities. Artificial turf / Peter Sandkuehler, Allan McLennaghan and Thomas Allgeuer ; Natural turf sports surfaces / Iain T. James ; Design of sports facilities / Franz Konstantin Fuss.
First published 2013.
Keywords: Sports -- Technological innovations; Sporting goods; Performance technology; Sports sciences; Biomechanics