Body Rocket: Real-time measurement of aerodynamic drag for athletes

Body Rocket：实时测量运动员的空气动力阻力

• 批准号: 10010851
• 金额: $ 41.31万
• 依托单位: BODY ROCKET LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Feasibility Studies
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10010851
• 关键词: Body; Rocket; Real; time; measurement

Body Rocket will revolutionise aerodynamic drag measurement (CdA) for the global sports cycling market with a unique patented sensing system and approach that offers accurate, cost-effective, on-bike measurement. It will be the world's first on-bike device capable of offering wind-tunnel-precise measurement, allowing aero to move out of the wind tunnel and onto the road, where cyclists actually ride.Wind tunnel and velodrome-based services are the current options for accurate determination of CdA. With very limited capacity and high cost these are only accessible to a small proportion of elite athletes.Improving performance is the goal of all of the over 6 million competitive racing cyclists and 1.5 million triathletes worldwide but interest in going faster, quantifying and comparing performance extends to the mass market of tens of millions more non-racing cyclists. This is evidenced by the growth of the power meter market and ride logging and comparison platform, Strava.Interest in aero specifically is demonstrated by the massive growth in aero-framed road bikes and other equipment but these only account for a small proportion of overall cyclist drag. With over 80% of aerodynamic drag down to your body (position, clothing, movement) there are much greater gains to be had.Where power meters helped cyclists to train to work harder to generate more speed, the CdA measurement system helps the rider generate greater speed for less effort by smarter positioning i.e. free speed.Demand is validated via athlete surveys, industry support and development partnerships as well as investor commitment.Body Rocket has demonstrated the feasibility of the concept/methodology and validated this with full-scale athlete-on-bicycle testing in a wind tunnel but requires further sensor innovation, road testing and data analytics to implement a practical cost-effective road-usable solution.

Body Rocket 凭借独特的专利传感系统和方法，提供准确、经济高效的自行车测量，将彻底改变全球运动自行车市场的空气动力阻力测量 (CdA)。它将是世界上第一个能够提供风洞精确测量的自行车设备，允许空气动力从风洞移到自行车手实际骑行的道路上。风洞和基于赛车场的服务是当前精确测定 CdA 的选择。由于容量非常有限且成本高昂，只有一小部分精英运动员才能获得这些服务。提高成绩是全球超过 600 万竞技自行车运动员和 150 万铁人三项运动员的目标，但对更快、量化和比较成绩的兴趣延伸到了数千万非竞赛自行车运动员的大众市场。功率计市场以及骑行记录和比较平台 Strava 的增长就证明了这一点。空气动力公路自行车和其他设备的大幅增长尤其证明了人们对空气动力的兴趣，但这些只占骑行者整体阻力的一小部分。由于超过 80% 的空气动力阻力会影响您的身体（位置、服装、运动），因此可以获得更大的收益。功率计帮助骑车者更加努力地训练以产生更高的速度，而 CdA 测量系统则通过更智能的定位（即自由速度）帮助骑车者以更少的努力获得更高的速度。需求通过运动员调查、行业支持​​和开发合作伙伴关系以及投资者承诺进行验证。Body Rocket 已经证明了 该概念/方法的可行性，并通过风洞中的全面自行车运动员测试验证了这一点，但需要进一步的传感器创新、道路测试和数据分析，以实施实用且经济高效的道路可用解决方案。