Bicycling science / David Gordon Wilson ; with contributions by Jim Papadopoulos.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2004.Edition: 3rd edDescription: viii, 477 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0262232375 (alk. paper)
  • 0262731541 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • TL410 .W546 2004
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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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection TL 410 .W546 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98624695

Rev. ed. of: Bicycling science / Frank Rowland Whitt. 2nd ed. c1982.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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