A quantitative flow visualization technique for on-site sport aerodynamics optimization

Aerodynamics plays a crucial role in many speed sports, where races are often won by fractions of a second. A thorough understanding of the flow field around an athlete is of paramount importance to optimize the athletes’ posture, garment roughness and equipment shape to achieve the minimum aerodynamic drag and maximum velocity. To date,...

Large-volume pressure from tomographic PTV in a surface mounted cylinder near-wake using HFSB tracers