Materials in Sports Equipment

by Aleksandar Subic (Editor)

Overview

Materials in Sports Equipment, Second Edition, provides a detailed review on the design and performance of materials in sports apparel, equipment and surfaces in a broad range of sporting applications. Chapters cover materials modeling, non-destructive testing, design issues for sports apparel, skull and mouth protection, and new chapters on artificial sport surfaces, anthropometric design customization, and 3D printing in sports equipment. In addition, the book covers sports-specific design and material choices in a range of key sports, from baseball, rowing, and archery, to ice hockey, snowboarding, and fishing.

Users will find a valuable resource that explicitly links materials, engineering and design principles directly to sports applications, thus making it an essential resource to materials scientists, engineers, sports equipment designers and sports manufacturers developing products in this evolving field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780081025826
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	05/21/2019
Series:	Woodhead Publishing Series in Composites Science and Engineering
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	604
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Professor Aleksandar Subic is the Chair of Mechanical Design and Head of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. He is currently the Chairman of the International Sports Engineering Association (ISEA) and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Sustainable Design. Professor Subic is internationally respected for his research in the field of sports engineering.

Table of Contents

Part 1: General Issues
1. Modelling of materials for sports equipment
2. Non-destructive testing of sports equipment: the use of infrared thermography
3. Protective helmets in sports
4. Wearable technologies in sports
5. 3D Printing of sports equipment
6. 5 Mouth protection in sports

Part 2: Specific Sports
7. Benchmarking and regulation of glove grip in Australian football
8. Design and materials in baseball
9. Design and materials in snowboarding
10. Design and materials in ice hockey
11. Design and materials in fly fishing
12. Design and materials in archery
13. Design and materials in rowing
14. Design and materials in athletics
15. Design and materials in fitness equipment
16. Foot orthosis in running
17. Compressive garments in running.
18. Nanotechnology in sport clothing

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An essential reference that provides recent developments in advanced materials and their use in a broad range of sports applications

Editorial Reviews

"…an essential reference describing improvements in materials technology and their impact on equipment in a range of sports." —Future Materials

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