
Materials in Sports Equipment
Description
Key Features
- Provides both updated and new chapters on recent developments in the design and performance of advanced materials in a number of sports applications
- Discusses varying aspects, such as the modeling of materials behavior and non-destructive testing
- Analyzes the aerodynamic properties of materials and the design of sports apparel and smart materials
- Explores new topics on athletic equipment, such as 3D printing and anthropometric design customization and on artificial sports surfaces
Readership
R&D in sports materials, material scientists, sports manufacturers and product designers, Athletes and trainers; sports engineers, Students in sports engineering, technology or materials
Table of Contents
Part 1: General Issues
1. Modelling of materials for sports equipment
Martin Strangwood
2. Non-destructive testing of sports equipment: the use of infrared thermography
Jose Ignacio Priego Quesada
3. Protective helmets in sports
Scott Piland
4. Wearable technologies in sports
Farnaz Memarian, Shahrzad Rahmani, Maryam Yousefzadeh and Masoud Latifi
5. 3D Printing of sports equipment
Mladenko Kajtaz, Martin Leary, Milan Brandt and Aleksandar Subic
6. 5 Mouth protection in sports
Scott PilandPart 2: Specific Sports
7. Benchmarking and regulation of glove grip in Australian football
Franz Konstantin Fuss
8. Design and materials in baseball
9. Design and materials in snowboarding
10. Design and materials in ice hockey
David James Pearsall
11. Design and materials in fly fishing
12. Design and materials in archery
Bob W. kooi
13. Design and materials in rowing
14. Design and materials in athletics
Nicholas Linthorne
15. Design and materials in fitness equipment
16. Foot orthosis in running
Jose Ignacio Priego Quesada and Irene Jimenez-Perez
17. Compressive garments in running.
Jose Ignacio Priego Quesada and Pedro Pérez-Soriano
18. Nanotechnology in sport clothing
Masoud Latifi and Ali Akbar Gharehaghaji
Product details
- No. of pages: 604
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Woodhead Publishing 2019
- Published: May 18, 2019
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- eBook ISBN: 9780081025833
- Paperback ISBN: 9780081025826