Descending: Measuring and comparing descending technique and performance in professional road cycling

Professional cyclists show a big difference in descending abilities. Eventhough recently research has been conducted on the control of a bicycle [13,19], little is known about the techniques of descending in cycling [[3,6,22]. The aim of this study was to develop measurement equipment which can measure skill and perfor- mance in cycling during...

Near-Bed Cohesive Sediment Processes: Development of a Self-Contained System for Long-Term Field Measurements

This report describes the development of a self-contained system for making long-term field measurements of bed elevation changes and the associated near-bed hydrodynamics and cohesive sedimentary parameters in estuarine environments. These measurements are required to ensure the understanding of these parameters and their interaction with bed...

Turbulence measurements using a small electromagnetic current meter in open channel flows

The use of a small two-component electromagnetic current meter to record turbulent velocities in a laboratory flume is described. The results from these experiments are compared with results obtained previously using different measuring techniques.