Lessons learned in the alliance for sports engineering education (a4see), an erasmus+ project

Sports Engineering vs Sports Innovation

The Vibe of Skating: Design and Testing of a Vibro-Tactile Feedback System

Providing athletes with real-time feedback on their performance is becoming common in many sports, also in speed skating. This research-by-design project aims at finding a tool that allows the speed skater to get real-time feedback on his performance. Speed skaters often mention a so-called “good feeling” when skating behind a better skater. It...

Thermal simulation of a dinghy sailor

This paper describes the development of a model to simulate a dinghy sailors’ body temperature during a sailing match. This simulation has been developed as part of the master thesis by the author: “Thermal optimization of competitive sailing gear”. A literature study is done to define the human body heat balance and thermal comfort. Next a...

Experimental Study of Heat Dissipation in Indoor Sports Shoes

As indoor sports shoes are intensively used in a warm and sweaty environment for periods of up to three consecutive hours, the built-up heat inside is insufficiently released causing warm and perspiring feet. This results in an increased chance of blisters and skin irritations. Experimental research on the ventilation properties of the shoe was...

Does pedalling on a recumbent bicycle influence the cyclist’s steering behaviour?

The paper presents the answer to the question how pedalling on a specific recumbent bicycle, such as the VeloX3, influences a cyclist’s ability to steer the bicycle. The research aims to find the correlation between pedalling and the undesired steering movements it creates. To test this assumption a test setup was constructed. On this setup...

The aerodynamics of sailing apparel

The paper presents the effect of changes in sailing apparel on aerodynamic drag, starting from the assumption that drag reduction of sailing apparel will increase the speed of an Olympic class sailing boat (in this case the Laser, a single-handed Olympic dinghy), mainly on upwind courses. Due to the fact that literature on this specific subject...

Improving comfort while hiking in a sailing boat

The paper presents the changes in perceived comfort while hiking in a sailing boat (in this case the Laser, a single-handed Olympic dinghy) due to a new design of hiking pads. The project used a ‘research by design method’. The aim was to improve sailing comfort which leads to lower fatigue and therefor improved performance. While hiking, a...

Human Power Empirically Explored

Harvesting energy from the users’ muscular power to convert this into electricity is a relatively unknown way to power consumer products. It nevertheless offers surprising opportunities for product designers; human-powered products function independently from regular power infrastructure, are convenient and can be environmentally and...

Het afsluiten van zeegaten en rivierarmen door middel van een rubber- of plastic buis

Een vaste zandlosinstallatie voor het lossen van duwbakken. (4de-jaars opdracht) Constructieve uitwerking van 4de-jaars. (5de-jaars opdracht)

Voorstellen voor de aan- en afvoer van de bakken voor het "Kalkzandproject"

Het automatiseren van het cutterproces