Bicycling Science, Third Edition

Name: Bicycling Science, Third Edition
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ISBN: 9780262731546

ISBN-10: 0262731541

ISBN-13: 9780262731546

Edition: 3rd 2004

Authors: David Gordon Wilson, Jim Papadopoulos, Frank Rowland Whitt, Frank Rowland Whitt

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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 makes them go faster, and what keeps them from going even faster. The scientific and engineering information is of interest not only to designers and builders of bicycles and other human-powered vehicles but also to competitive cyclists, bicycle commuters, and recreational cyclists. The third edition begins with a brief history of bicycles and bicycling that demolishes many widespread myths. This…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 3/19/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 485
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.06" long x 1.13" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

David Gordon Wilson is Professor of Mechanical Engineering Emeritus at MIT. He is the author of Bicycling Science (MIT Press, third edition).



Preface



Human Power



A short history of bicycling



Human power generation



Thermal effects on power production (how bicyclists keep cool)



Some Bicycle Physics



Power and speed



Bicycle aerodynamics



Rolling: tires and bearings



Braking



Steering and balancing



Mechanics and mechanisms: power transmission



Materials and stresses



Human-Powered Vehicles And Machines



Unusual human-powered machines



Human-powered vehicles in the future


Appendix


Timeline


Index