Evaluating the efficiency of rowers and rowing equipment

赛艇运动为工程师提出了一个复杂的多物理场挑战，其中边际性能增益可以决定成功与失败。性能体育工程实验室与英国体育学院（研究与创新）和各种体育项目密切合作十多年，为伦敦和里约奥运会的成功做出了贡献。这项工作的大部分是通过重点博士课程，详细研究阻力和推进力以及运动员/设备相互作用的物理机制。

The sport of rowing presents the engineer with a complex multi-physics challenge where marginal performance gains can make the difference between success and failure. The Performance Sports Engineering laboratory has worked closely with the English Institute of Sport (Research & Innovation) and various sports for over a decade, contributing to Olympic successes in London and Rio. The majority of this work has been through focussed PhD programmes examining in detail the physical mechanisms of resistance and propulsion and athlete/equipment interactions.