The Engineering of Sport 6

1. Materials

   1. Synopsis of Current Developments: Materials

      • Reiner Lützeler

      Pages 95-96

   2. Recent Advances in Understanding the Behavior of Shockpads for Outdoor Synthetic Sports Pitches

      • Lauren Anderson, Paul Fleming, Ali Ansarifar

      Pages 97-102

   3. The Effect of Pressure on Friction of Steel and Ice and Implementation to Bobsleigh Runners

      • Melanie Dumm, Christian Hainzlmaier, Stephan Boerboom, Erich Wintermantel

      Pages 103-106

   4. Prediction of the Flexural Modulus of Fibre Reinforced Thermoplastics for use as Kayak Paddle Blades

      • Paul. D. Ewart, C. J. R. Verbeek

      Pages 107-112

   5. Sandvik Nanoflex® — Designed for Ultimate Performance

      • Carl Johan Irander, Göran Berglund

      Pages 113-118

   6. Manufacturing of Bobsled Runners

      • Michael F. Zaeh, Paul Gebhard

      Pages 119-122

   7. Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics — Trendsetting Material for High Performance Racing Bike Chassis

      • Michael Kaiser, Norbert Himmel

      Pages 123-128

   8. Development of Equipment to Compare Novel Ice Skate Blade Materials

      • Nick Hamilton, Terry Senior

      Pages 129-134

2. Safety

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135

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   2. Synopsis of Current Developments: Safety

      • Jasper E. Shealy

      Pages 137-138

   3. Safe Use and Redesign of Hydrostatic Weighing Equipment

      • Kathryn Franklin, Simon Williams, Rae Gordon

      Pages 139-144

   4. Effects of the Mechanical Properties of the Shell and Liner on the Shock Absorption of Helmets

      • Yusuke Miyazaki, Sadayuki Ujihashi, Tomohiko Jin, Shinichirou Akiyama, Ko CheolWoong

      Pages 145-150

   5. Simulation of Puck Flight to Improve Safety in Ice Hockey Arenas

      • Schwiewagner C., Böhm H., Senner V.

      Pages 151-156

   6. Dynamic Wrist Joint Protector for Sports Applications

      • Richard M. Greenwald, Jeffrey J. Chu, Alexander W. Jessiman

      Pages 157-162

   7. Do Helmets Reduce Fatalities or Merely Alter the Patterns of Death?

      • Jasper E. Shealy, Robert J. Johnson, Carl F. Ettlinger

      Pages 163-167

3. Computer Applications in Sports

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169

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   2. Synopsis of Current Developments: Computer Application in Sports

      • Arnold Baca

      Pages 171-172

   3. Development and Integration of a Novel Cricket Bowling System

      • Laura Justham, Andrew West, Alex Cork

      Pages 173-178

   4. Creating the SMART system—A Database for Sports Movement

      • Chikara Miyaji, Koji Ito, Jun Shimizu

      Pages 179-184

   5. Computer Application in Sports

      • Arnold Baca

      Pages 185-190

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.

• biomechanics
• computer
• design
• mechanics
• physics
• physiology
• science
• sports
• sports science
• sustainability
• technology

• SportKreativWerkstatt GmbH, München, Germany

  Eckehard Fozzy Moritz

• Centre for Sport and Exercise Science, Collegiate Hall, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK

  Steve Haake

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