Consumer Goods

Bicycle Wheel

Originally published in 1991
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An aerodynamic bicycle wheel developed by two DuPont engineers and a California company incorporates research into NASA airfoils. Computer modeling was accomplished with MSC/NASTRAN. Each of the three spokes in the wheel is, in effect, an airfoil, maximizing aerodynamic efficiency for racing.

Full article: http://hdl.handle.net/hdl:2060/20020086324

Abstract
An aerodynamic bicycle wheel developed by two DuPont engineers and a California company incorporates research into NASA airfoils. Computer modeling was accomplished with MSC/NASTRAN. Each of the three spokes in the wheel is, in effect, an airfoil, maximizing aerodynamic efficiency for racing.
Bicycle Wheel

Bicycle Wheel

Bicycle Wheel

Bicycle Wheel