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Optimisation of high performance sailboard equipment
Thesis (M. Ing.) -- University of Stellenbosch, 1994.
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| author | Crawford-Brunt, Martin Timothy |
| author2 | Hoppe, K. G. |
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/58509 Optimisation of high performance sailboard equipment Crawford-Brunt, Martin Timothy Hoppe, K. G. Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Engineering. Dept. of Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering. Windsurfers (Sailboats) Windsurfing Dissertations -- Mechanical engineering Thesis (M. Ing.) -- University of Stellenbosch, 1994. The sport of boardsailing, a combination between surfing and sailing, originating roughly twenty years ago. Remarkable improvements in performance have been achieved in the sport largely because the limiting class rules introduced in yachting could be escaped. Sailboard fins received little attention technically until recently when they were found to be an important component of the craft. Large equipment manufacturers expressed considerable interest in force predictions to assist in the design of boardsailing equipment. A spreadsheet mathematical model to determine the forces on the craft was developed from scientific literature for the speed range zero to fifty knots. This model was improved iteratively by input from experimental work. A modified cavitation tunnel for foil tests, a full size board in the sowing tank and systematic prototype field observations were used to improve the result. Masters 2012-08-27T11:39:00Z 2012-08-27T11:39:00Z 1994 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/58509 en Stellenbosch University 191 pages : ill. application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Windsurfers (Sailboats) Windsurfing Dissertations -- Mechanical engineering Crawford-Brunt, Martin Timothy Optimisation of high performance sailboard equipment |
| title | Optimisation of high performance sailboard equipment |
| title_full | Optimisation of high performance sailboard equipment |
| title_fullStr | Optimisation of high performance sailboard equipment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Optimisation of high performance sailboard equipment |
| title_short | Optimisation of high performance sailboard equipment |
| title_sort | optimisation of high performance sailboard equipment |
| topic | Windsurfers (Sailboats) Windsurfing Dissertations -- Mechanical engineering |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/58509 |
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