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| Introduction | |
| 1 | Contributors |
| 3 | AIR |
| 4 | MacCready, Paul: Human Powered Flight and Power Requirements.
Suggestions or Further Air Competition |
| 15 | EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY |
| 16 | Mastropaolo, Joe: Exercise Physiology for the Gossamer Manpowered Aircraft |
| 28 | LAND |
| 29 | Aaron, Kim: Wind Tunnel Tests of Bicycle Fairing |
| 37 | Ball, Steve: Linear Drive |
| 39 | Boor, Peter: IHPVA History and Direction |
| 42 | Brooks, Alec: Energy Consumption of Human Powered Vehicles |
| 39 | Brown, Glen: HPV Marketing Opportunities and Barriers |
| 54 | Brummer, Tim: Aerodynamics and Body Design of White Lightning |
| 58 | Dreike, Chris: Design and Construction of White Lightning |
| 60 | deLong, Fred: HPV Design Considerations |
| 62 | Johnson, Fred: Prone Recumbent Bicycle |
| 82 | Schöndorf, Paul: Design Examples - Coast Down Tests |
| 92 | Shimano, Bicycling Aerodynamics |
| 94 | Van Valkenburgh, Paul: Human Power Research Methodology |
| 112 | Voight, Al: Analysis and Aerodynamics and Mechanics of Human Powered Vehicles |
| 126 | Watson, Bill: Streamlined Bicycle Developments |
| 130 | Wilson, David Gordon: Research Needs in Human Powered Vehicles |
| 147 | Panel discussion: The Future Practical Machine. Paul MacCready, Al Voight, Paul Schöndorf, David Gordon Wilson |
| 153 | Panel discussion: HPV's as a Popular Alternative. Chester Kyle, Paul MacCready, David Gordon Wilson, Joe Mastropaolo, John Speicher |
| 158 | HPV Symposium Proceedings, Goodwood England, Sept. 5, 1981 |
| 172 | WATER |
| 173 | Watson, Bill: Trends in Water Power |
| 176 | Ice, Randy: Rowing Performance |
| 179 | Thiel, Philip: Dorycycle Trials |
| 180 | Lambie, Jack: Kohtaro Horiuchi Boat Designs |
| 184 | Bishop, Shields: Pedal Catamarans |
| Introduction, Allan Abbott | ||
| AIR | Human Powered Flight, Paul MacCready | 4 |
| LAND | Aerodynamic Design of Human Powered Racing Vehicles, F. Dan Fernandes | 11 |
| Improving the Racing Bicycle System, Chester R. Kyle | 22 | |
| Moulton Bicycle Aerodynamic Research Program, D.L. Milliken, W.F. Milliken | 41 | |
| Unified Performance Graphs and Comparisons for Streamlined Human Powered Vehicles, Douglas J. Malewicki | 46 | |
| Aerodynamic Characteristics and Performance of the "Dark Horse" Tandem, J. Howell, D. Hughes | 60 | |
| Directions for HPV Drag Reuction, Glen Brown | 75 | |
| Aerodynamics vs. Weight: Quantifying the Tradeoff, David Kirshner | 78 | |
| HPV Fairing and Frame Construction Techniques, Chester Kyle | 87 | |
| Evolution of Recumbent Bicycles and the Design of the Avatar Bluebell, David Gordon Wilson, Richard Forrestall, Derek Henden | 104 | |
| Practical Vehicles, Paul MacCready | 113 | |
| Notes on Human Powered Practicality, Gardner Martin | 115 | |
| Construction Techniques for Composites in HPV, T. Scott Rowe | 118 | |
| Three Wheeled Vehicle Dynamics, Jeffrey C. Houston, Brian J. Graves, David B. Johnson | 123 | |
| Yaw Stability of Rear Steered HPVs, John C. Whitehead | 136 | |
| Rear Wheel Steering, Eric Edwards | 140 | |
| WATER | Water - IHPVA takes the plunge, Alec N. Brooks | 142 |
| Human Powered Water Transport - A Practical Demonstration by Ivon Le Caer, Fred deLong | 154 | |
| Propeller Driven Boats (photos), Shields M. Bishop | 157 | |
| Determination of Drag Force Relationships and a Drag Coefficient for a Rowing Single Skull, Bob Rogen | 159 | |
| EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY | Can the Elite, Trained, Racing Human Engine Be Improved Significantly?,
Joseph Mastropaolo | 164 |
| Elliptic Chainwheel Experience and the Shimano Biopace, Fred DeLong | 175 | |
| The Effect of Cam Governed Torque Modification on Human Power Generation in Bicycle and Similar Drive Systems, L.G. Brown, A.C. Brown | 177 | |
| The Relation Between Joint Movements and Pedalling Rates at Constant Power in Bicycling, M.L. Hull, R. Redfield | 187 |
| PART ONE: AIR | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | The Feasibility of Daedalus: A Human-powered Flight Between Creta and the Mainland of Greece
John S. Langford, Juan R. Cruz, Deborah G. Douglas | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Muscle-powered Flight Paul MacCready | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Human and Hybrid Powered Aircraft Development Wayne T. Bliesner | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | The Musculair 1 & 2 Human-powered Aircraft and Their Optimization E. Schoberl (Günther Rochelt) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| PART TWO: WATER | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 32 | An Application of Riblets for Turbulent-Skin-Friction Reduction
J.D. McLean, R.E. Eilers, C.A. Koper, D.W. Coder | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 39 | Development of Semi-Amphibious Craft Theodor B. Schmidt 45 | Features of Flapping-Wing Propulsion | Parker MacCready 53 | The 20-Knot Human Powered Water Craft | Alec N. Brooks | PART THREE: LAND | 61 | An Overview of Aerodynamics and Cycling | Chester R. Kyle 65 | Italian Developments in Human Powered Vehicles | A. Dal Monte, M. Faina, P. Faccini 70 | The Moulton Bicycle Project from Conception | Alex Moulton 79 | A Blueprint for an HPV Revolution | David Gordon Wilson 84 | The History of Human Powered Land Speed Records | Wolfgang Gronen 89 | The Gold Rush: Profile of the 65 MPH Bicycle | Sandra Sims-Martin 95 | Simulation of the Gold Rush 200M Sprints | Danny Pavish | |
| Introduction: Chester R. Kyle | vii |
| Part One: Perspectives | |
| The Value and Future of Human Powered Vehicles Paul MacCready | 3 |
| Transportation Systems Based on HPVs: Past, Present and Prospective David Gordon Wildon | 11 |
| An Experiment in Encouraging Physical Activity Through the Use of Human Powered Amplification Allan Abbott, M.D. | 17 |
| AHPVA: Assisted Human Powered Vehicle, A Technology Description John G. Tetz | 21 |
| The Skyway Project: An HPV City Transportation Plan Jim Kor | 27 |
| Part Two: Land | |
| A Human Powered Tandem to Break Mach 0.1 Gardner Martin | 31 |
| Design and Performance of the Lightning HPVs Tim Brummer | 33 |
| The Story of the Bean John and Miles Kingsbury | 37 |
| Handling and Stability Experiments With Adjustable-Frame Short Wheelbase HPVs Clive e. Buckler | 41 |
| A Multi-purpose Transmission Design and a "Mutant" Moulton AM7 Doug Kliesch and Israel Urieli | 47 |
| Part Three: Physiology & Mechanics | |
| Arm Power Performance: Mechanics and Physiology Rick Powell | 53 |
| The Effect of Body Position/Configuration and Orientation on Power Output Danny Too | 59 |
| Rider/Bicycle Interaction Loads During Standing Treadmill Cycling Cal Stone and L.M. Hull | 67 |
| Are Your Wheels Aligned? Larry George | 77 |
| Mathematical Modeling of HPV Sprint Performance Scott K. Perry | 79 |
| Part Four: Water | |
| A Practical Human Powered Hydrofoil. (The history of Hydro-ped I-VI) Sid Shutt | 87 |
| Part Five: Air | |
| Human Powered Helicopter: The Next Step William B. Patterson | 99 |
| Aerodynamic and Power Considerations for Human Powered Hover Terrance J. Hawkins | 105 |
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| 2 | Who is who in this volume | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Introduction - a brief historical retrospect by .G. Rasmussen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Velomobile by Vytas Dovydénas 20 | Opportunities between michaelines and limousines by Peter Ernst | 42 | HPV - Verkehrsmittel der Zukunft | von Werner Stiffel 50 | Towards the understanding of (dynamic) stability of velomobiles: The forces, their distribution and associated torques | by Andreas Fuchs 86 | The test-vehicle MULTILAB and it's new frontwheel geometry | by W. Rohmert and S. Gloger 95 | Passive security of HPVs | by W. Rohmert and S. Gloger 101 | Fit for survival - in a velmobile | by C.G. Rasmussen 108 | Design for fun | by Søren Bendtsen 116 | Plea for a good tyre | by Thomas Senkel 124 | After a century of explosions | by Andrej Detela 127 | VELOCITY - Elektrounterstützung für Velomobile | von Michael Kutter
| ISBN 87-984875-0-7. Paperback, 135 pages A4. | The Proceedings can be purchased from the | Danish Cyclist Federation Rømersgade 7 DK-1362 Copenhagen K Denmark Telefax +45 33 32 76 83 | ||
| Contents | |
| Who is who | 7 |
| Abstracts in the complementary language | 12 |
| Safety | |
| Theo Schmidt What is HPV Safety? | 21 |
| David Gordon Wilson What Safety Measures are needed for HPVs? | 28 |
| Felix Walz Velounfälle aus der Sicht des Unfallforschers | 34 |
| Andreas Fuchs The Velomobile-Safety-Test at the European HPV Championships 1994 at Laupen, Switzerland | 38 |
| Leonard M. Brunkalla Safety ... Crashing ... and related debris | 53 |
| W. Rohmert, Stefan Gloger, Martin Heintze Evaluation of the Handling Characteristics of a HPV with mirror-symmetric Front-wheel Geometry | 57 |
| W. Rohmert, Stefan Gloger, C. Kern Impact of Suspensions on Recumbent Bicycles | 70 |
| Theo Schmidt Subjektive Speed as a Major Safety Factor | 77 |
| Daniel B. Irányi Bare Necessity - Design for HPVs | 84 |
| Jim Kor Solos Personal Transit - a transportation system on tracks | 85 |
| Michael Gronau und Markus Hampe Projekt MOVEO: ein neuer Entwurf für ein alltagstaugliches, vollverkleidetes Liegedreirad | 102 |
| W. Rohmert, Stefan Gloger The future of Velomobiles - Design-concepts for individual necessities | 114 |
| W. Rohmert, Stefan Gloger Typical Design-problems of Velomobiles - Solutions for the DESIRA-2 | 123 |
| Carl Georg Rasmussen Characteristics of a Practical Velomobile Fairing | 129 |
| Gerhard Rinne and Paul Wollschläger MUFA II - Design and Construction of a High Speed Velomobile | 137 |
| Diverse Subjects | |
| Jürgen Eick Being mobile without a Car; Five years of everyday life and holidays with the Human Powered Vehicle | 153 |
| Vytautas Dovydénas The draft of the Biotransport Law of the Lithuanian Republic | 163 |
| W. Rohmert, Stefan Gloger Example for the psychology behind the physics of Velomobiles | 167 |
| Gottfried Graupner Verschiedene Sichtweisen auf Mensch und Velomobil | 172 |
| Jürgen Schnieders, Thomas Senkel Recumbents with rear wheel steering | 177 |
| Joachim Franke HPV activities at a Secondary School Centre in Bremen, Germany | 183 |
| Leonard M. Brunkalla Hot Ideas need Cool Heads | 193 |
| Appendix | |
| First Velomobile Seminar 1993, Denmark: Contents of the Proceedings | 196 |
| The Seminar's Committee's Reading List | 197 |
| Electronic Information Systems (INTERNET) | 200 |
| ISBN 3-9520694-0-X. Paperback, 200 pages A4. | |
| For availability please contact: Jürg Hölzle, Secretary of Future Bike "Velomobile Seminar 1994" Spitzackerstrasse 9 CH-4410 Liestal, Switzerland | |
| Contents | |
| 4 | Who is who in this volume |
| 12 | Biotransport and "Green Towns" of Europe by Vytas Dovydenas |
| 16 | Issues of Pedicab Design by Carl Ethnier and John C. Snyder |
| 34 | The Everyday Velomobile: Who uses it and who could use it? by Jürgen Eick |
| 43 | Velomobile - a Missing Link in Traffic by Joachim Fuchs |
| 49 | Human-Powered Vehicles for Third-Agers as a Mode of Local Transport by Philip Hwang, U.S. Laxman and Roger Newport |
| 60 | A simple Trike with a Roof - for Elderly People in Denmark by Per Lindhardt |
| 68 | The Design of Advanced Human-Powered Vehicles/Velomobiles and Production Liability Ligitation: Can they Co-exist in the Light of Apparently Outrageous US Cases? by David Gordon Wilson |
| 75 | The Danish Bicycle Design Competition 1996 by Johannes Lund |
| 81 | Designing a Practicle Velomobile for the Next Century by Timothy Tailor and Kevin Blake |
| 92 | Tuning Velomobiles for Everyday Use by Anselm Kiersch |
| 106 | Single Track Vehicles Dynamics. The Effect of Frame Geometry on Handling Qualities by Bill Patterson |
| 126 | Stability of Faired Recumbent Tricycles in Cross Wind by Ian Simms |
| 134 | Trim of Aerodynamically Faired Single-Track Vehicles in Cross Wind by Andreas Fuchs |
| 157 | Minimizing Aerodynamic Drag of a Fully Faired Racing recumbent by Frank Lienhardt |
| 160 | Investigations of the Passive Safety of Ultra Light Vehicles by Stefan Gloger and Harald John |
| 171 | Smallish Recumbents by Werner Stiffel |
| 176 | Line-Go. A Linear Driven HPV Design Family by Anders Brage |
| 184 | Recumbent with Encapsulated Drive Train by Clemens Bucher |
| 189 | Aluminium im Bau von Leichtfahrzeugen (Text in German) by Thomas Senkel |
| 197 | Measurement and Simulation of the Vibrational Stress on Cyclists by Matthias Wächter, Norbert Zacharias and Falk Riess |
| 212 | Fibre Composites as Shock Absorbers by Carl Georg Rasmussen |
| Appendix: Poster Presentations | |
| 224 | The Pilican by Binø and Leikier |
| 226 | The Nihola-Bike by Niels Holme Larsen |
| 228 | Fortbewegung mit muskelgetriebenen Fahrzeugen by Hans-Peter Barbey |
| 230 | Lissy II by Peter Lis |
| 233 | Recumbents for Children by Hans Jørge Pedersen |
| 234 | The Trike "G. Thun" by Gregory Tikhiy |
| 236 | Pedicab Manufacturers in USA and UK |
| ISBN 87-987188-0-0. Paperback, 236 pages A4. | |
| For availability please contact: Danish Cyclist Federation/ Att. Butikken Rømersgade 7 DK-1362 Copenhagen Fax +45.33 32 76 83 | |