Bicycling science

Bicycling science

David Gordon Wilson, 1928-

Book - 2004

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Subjects
Bicycles > Dynamics.
Bicycles > History.
Published
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press c2004.
Language
English
Main Author
David Gordon Wilson, 1928- (-)
Other Authors
Jim Papadopoulos (-), Frank Rowland Whitt
Edition
3rd ed
Item Description
Rev. ed. of: Bicycling science / Frank Rowland Whitt. 2nd ed. c1982.
Physical Description
viii, 477 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9780262731546
9780262232371
  • Preface
  • I. Human Power
  • 1. A short history of bicycling
  • 2. Human power generation
  • 3. Thermal effects on power production (how bicyclists keep cool)
  • II. Some Bicycle Physics
  • 4. Power and speed
  • 5. Bicycle aerodynamics
  • 6. Rolling: tires and bearings
  • 7. Braking
  • 8. Steering and balancing
  • 9. Mechanics and mechanisms: power transmission
  • 10. Materials and stresses
  • III. Human-Powered Vehicles And Machines
  • 11. Unusual human-powered machines
  • 12. Human-powered vehicles in the future
  • Appendix
  • Timeline
  • Index

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