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.
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;
Journal_Title :
Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TBME.1975.324515
