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CFD analysis of head and helmet aerodynamic drag to wheelchair racing

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dc.contributor.authorForte, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorMarinho, Daniel A.
dc.contributor.authorMorouço, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorBarbosa, Tiago
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-16T14:01:59Z
dc.date.available2025-06-16T14:01:59Z
dc.date.issued2016-12
dc.description.abstractWheelchair racing, an important event in Paralympics, it requires huge effort from its athletes to overcome the resistive forces. The resistive forces in wheelchair racing are aerodynamic drag and rolling friction. CFD methodology can play a determinant role in aerodynamic analysis. The aim of this study was to analyses the aerodynamic drag at different speeds and attack angles of a human head with a helmet, whilst extrapolating results to better suit the needs of wheelchair racing athletes. Computer Fluid Dynamics methodology was used in this study. A 3D head and helmet scan was obtained from a Paralympics athlete. The 3D model was exported to fluent software generating the aerodynamic drag after numerical simulation. Regardless the velocity, 90° attack angle (subject looking down) presented higher aerodynamic drag (0.732 N) Wheelchair racing athletes should maintain a 0° attack angle (looking forward) mainly at speeds greater than 3.5 m/s.por
dc.identifier.citationP. Forte, D. A. Marinho, P. G. Morouço and T. Barbosa, "CFD analysis of head and helmet aerodynamic drag to wheelchair racing," 2016 1st International Conference on Technology and Innovation in Sports, Health and Wellbeing (TISHW), Vila Real, Portugal, 2016, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/TISHW.2016.7847775
dc.identifier.doi10.1109/tishw.2016.7847775
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/13262
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedn/a
dc.publisherIEEE
dc.relation.hasversionhttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7847775
dc.relation.ispartof2016 1st International Conference on Technology and Innovation in Sports, Health and Wellbeing (TISHW)
dc.rights.uriN/A
dc.subjectCFD
dc.subjectWheelchair Racing
dc.subjectAerodynamics
dc.subjectDrag
dc.subjectAthlets
dc.titleCFD analysis of head and helmet aerodynamic drag to wheelchair racingeng
dc.typeconference paper
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.conferenceDate2016
oaire.citation.conferencePlaceVila Real, Portugal
oaire.citation.title2016 1st International Conference on Technology and Innovation in Sports, Health and Wellbeing (TISHW)
oaire.versionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85
person.familyNameMorouço
person.givenNamePedro
person.identifier435983
person.identifier.ciencia-idF619-3996-742A
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-5956-9790
person.identifier.ridK-9545-2013
person.identifier.scopus-author-id24339135400
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