The Engineering of Sport 6

1. Front Matter

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2. Innovation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Synopsis of Current Developments: Innovation

      • Eckehard Fozzy Moritz

      Pages 3-4

   3. Custom-Fit: Quality of Life of European Sporting Public through Custom-Fit Products

      • Anton Gerrits, Chris Lewis Jones, Rafael Valero

      Pages 5-10

   4. VeloVent — An Inner City Traffic System for Active People

      • Maximilian Müller, Veit Senner, Michael Krohn

      Pages 11-16

   5. Approach of a Model for the Interaction Between Athlete, Sports Equipment and Environment

      • Andreas Krueger, Kerstin Witte, Juergen Edelmann-Nusser

      Pages 17-22

   6. Strategy Deployment of High-Technology Companies Entering the Consumer Sports Electronic Market

      • Alexandros Giannakis, Claude Stricker, Giorgos Kotrotsios

      Pages 23-28

   7. From Innovation to Firm Formation: Contributions by Sports Enthusiasts to the Windsurfing, Snowboarding & Skateboarding Industries

      • Sonali K. Shah

      Pages 29-34

   8. Some Problems of Pareto-Optimisation in Sports Engineering

      • Alexander Podgaets, Wubbo Ockels, Kazuya Seo, Valeriy Stolbov, Alexey Belyaev, Anton Shumihin et al.

      Pages 35-40

   9. Life Cycle Assessment and Evaluation of Environmental Impact of Sports Equipment

      • Aleksandar Subic, Niall Paterson

      Pages 41-46

   10. Sports Engineering and Sustainability

       • R. Keith Hanna, Eckehard Fozzy Moritz

       Pages 47-52

3. Design

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53

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   2. Synopsis of Current Developments: Design

      • Mike Dr Caine

      Pages 55-56

   3. The Use of System Analysis and Design Methodology in the Development of a Novel Cricket Bowling System

      • Laura Justham, Andrew West

      Pages 57-62

   4. Degradation of Tennis Balls and their Recovery

      • Aimee C Cubitt, Alan N Bramley

      Pages 63-68

   5. Development of a Highly Adjustable Cushioned Treadmill

      • Philip Hodgkins, Steve Rothberg, Mike Caine

      Pages 69-74

   6. A New Piece of Equipment for Skiing and Fitness — A Comparison with Existing Models

      • Peter R. Fischer, Christian Nolte

      Pages 75-80

   7. A Fresh Approach to Sports Equipment Design: Evolving Hockey Sticks Using Genetic Algorithms

      • Mark McHutchon, Graeme Manson, Matt Carré

      Pages 81-86

   8. Development of a New Nordic Walking Equipment and a New Sporting Technique

      • Anton Sabo, Martin Reichel, Markus Eckelt, Hannes Kogler

      Pages 87-92

4. Materials

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93

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What you are holding in your hands is probably the best overview of activities in sports engineering available at the time of printing; i. e. the state ofthe art in summer 2006. It is the result of so many people's work to whom we are indebted that it is difficult to name them: there are the authors, the scientific advisory board, the scientific committee, the theme patrons, the publisher and printer, the advisors of whatever kind - and, here we have to make an exception, there is Ingo and Amanda. Nobody who has been part of the production of this book could have done without them, at the very least us: they handled issues you wouldn't even believe could tum up with efficiency and charm. Thanks, Ingo Valtingoier; thanks, Amanda Staley. In the accumulation of the contributions and the preparation of the proceedings we encountered one development that we were very happy about: the sports engineering community keeps growing - in the number or researchers and experts involved, but also in the breadth of disciplines and institutions contributing. This should definitely be interpreted as a positive development - even though in the evaluation of contributions this lead to a number of intricate discussions.

• biomechanics
• computer
• design
• mechanics
• physics
• physiology
• science
• sports
• sports science
• sustainability
• technology

• SportKreativWerkstatt GmbH, München, Germany

  Eckehard Fozzy Moritz

• Centre for Sport and Exercise Science, Collegiate Hall, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK

  Steve Haake

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