Bicycling science

The bicycle is almost unique among human-powered machines in that it uses human muscles in a near-optimum way. This new edition of the bible of bicycle builders and bicyclists provides just about everything you could want to know about the history of bicycles, how human beings propel them, what make...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Wilson, David Gordon, 1928-
Other Authors Papadopoulos, Jim, Whitt, Frank Rowland
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2004.
Edition3rd ed.
Subjects
Bicycles > Dynamics.
Bicycles > History.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780262310680
Physical Description1 online zdroj (viii, 477 p.) : ill.

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Table of Contents:
  • A short history of bicycling
  • Human power generation
  • Thermal effects on power production (how bicyclists keep cool)
  • Power and speed
  • Bicycle aerodynamics
  • Rolling : tires and bearings
  • Braking
  • Steering and balancing
  • Mechanics and mechanisms : power transmission
  • Materials and stresses
  • Unusual human-powered machines
  • Human-powered vehicles in the future.

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