DocumentCode
1206113
Title
A Note on Jogging on a Windy Day
Author
Hatsell, Charles P.
Author_Institution
Department of Medicine, Wilford Hall United States Air Force Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Tex.
Issue
5
fYear
1975
Firstpage
428
Lastpage
429
Abstract
A minimum-time, fixed energy strategy for running a circular track on a windy day is derived which expresses velocity and acceleration as simple trigonometric functions of the runner´s position on the track. Rather surprisingly, the strategy directs the runner to begin accelerating when the wind is directly in his face and decelerating with the wind directly at his back.
Keywords
Acceleration; Back; Energy consumption; Equations; Geometry; Immune system; Lagrangian functions; Mathematical model; Solid modeling; Wind speed; Humans; Jogging; Locomotion; Models, Biological; Sports; Weather;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9294
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TBME.1975.324515
Filename
4120954
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