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Type: | Conference paper |
Title: | Bicycle helmets-are low drag and efficient cooling mutually exclusive |
Author: | Fitzgerald, S. Atkins, H. Kelso, R. Dimitriou, A. |
Citation: | Proceedings, 2018, vol.2, iss.6, pp.212-1-212-6 |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Publisher Place: | Switzerland |
Issue Date: | 2018 |
ISSN: | 2504-3900 |
Conference Name: | International Sports Engineering Conference (ISEA conference) (26 Mar 2018 - 29 Mar 2018 : Brisbane, Australia) |
Statement of Responsibility: | Shaun Fitzgerald, Henry Atkins, Richard Kelso and Alexandre Dimitriou |
Abstract: | An aerodynamic study was conducted on eleven high-end ‘aero-road’ helmets with the aim of determining whether a helmet can simultaneously have low drag and efficient cooling. The aerodynamic drag of each helmet was measured using a custom-built cycling manikin at a velocity of 40 km/h with a yaw angle range of 0° to ±25° and at velocities of 50 and 58 km/h at 0° yaw. Thermal testing of the cooling abilities of each helmet was conducted with a custom-built heated mannequin headform, which incorporated 36 thermocouples embedded within its surface. Contour plots of the temperature distributions over the head were created together with images obtained by a thermal camera. The results demonstrate that all the aero-road helmets are generally as cool as each other, however, there can be significant differences in the aerodynamic drag. |
Keywords: | cycling aerodynamics; thermal comfort; bicycle helmets |
Description: | Published: 22 February 2018 |
Rights: | © 2018 by the authors; Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
DOI: | 10.3390/proceedings2060212 |
Published version: | https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/2/6 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 8 Mechanical Engineering conference papers |
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