On the Cyclist's Drag Crisis

Journal article (2019)

Authors

W. Terra Aerodynamics - Aerospace Engineering
A. Sciacchitano Aerodynamics - Aerospace Engineering
F. Scarano Flow Physics and Technology
Faculty
Aerospace Engineering
Copyright: © 2019 W. Terra, A. Sciacchitano, F. Scarano
DOI: https://doi.org/10.28985/jsc.v8i2.496
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Published Date

2019

Language

English

Faculty

Aerospace Engineering

Abstract

The distribution of the critical velocity (point of minimum aerodynamic drag) is determined along the body of a time-trial cyclist by flow measurement in the model's near-wake.