2nd Edition
Routledge Handbook of Sports Technology and Engineering
Part I: Sports mechanics
1. Introduction to sports mechanics
Kazuya Seo
2. Projectiles in sport
John Eric Goff
3. Computational fluid dynamics applied in sport: Part 1 – Capabilities and considerations
John Hart
4. Computational fluid dynamics applied in sport: Part 2 – Application in sport
John Hart
5. Soft materials in sport
Akihiro Matsuda
6. Finite element modelling in sport
James Sherwood, Patrick Drane, Catherine Barry, and Kayla Krantz
7. Musculoskeletal simulation in sport
Motomu Nakashima
Part II: Sports materials
8. Introduction to sports materials
Andy Alderson
9. Cellular solids for sports applications: Part 1 – Macroscopic properties and applications
Olly Duncan, Nicolas Bailly, Olga Kravchenko, and Michel Behr
10. Cellular solids for sports applications: Part 2 – Micromechanics
Olly Duncan, Nicolas Bailly, Olga Kravchenko, and Michel Behr
11. Fibre‑reinforced composites for sports applications
Yi Chen, Bin Lyu, Lloyd Smith, and Nicholas Smith
12. Advanced materials for board sports
Jörg Kaufmann, Armin Farzin, and Paul Baudach
13. Textiles for sports clothing
Tasneem Sabir, Jane Wood, and Rebecca Bennett
Part III: Sports equipment design and manufacture
14. Introduction to sports equipment design and manufacture
James Webster
15. Design and manufacturing of textile sports equipment
Janina Wagner, André Matthes, and Holger Cebulla
16. 3D printing in sports
Mike Vasquez
17. Sustainable design and manufacturing of sports equipment
Martino Colonna, Filippo Biagi, Alessandro Nanni, Maria Federica Parisi, Lorenzo Crosetta, Giuseppe La Fauci, and Daniel Colombo
18. Cricket gear and sustainability
Martin Charter, Tom Clark, and Lilian Sanchez‑Moreno
19. Design considerations for body padding in rugby
Adil Imam
20. Ergonomics and user‑centered design of sports equipment
Kati Nispel and Veit Senner
21. The application of biological engineering to sports technology
Robyn A Grant and Stephen Spurrier
22. Design for athletes
Andrey Koptyug and Mikael Bäckström
Part IV: Sports biomechanics and human‑equipment interaction
23. Introduction to sports biomechanics and human‑equipment interaction
Duane Knudson
24. Biomechanical interactions with footwear
Pui Wah Kong, Wing‑Kai Lam, Phillis Soek Po Teng, and Jing Wen Pan
25. How the golfer and driver interact to determine performance
Sasho J. MacKenzie and Erik M. Henrikson
26. The quantified tennis athlete: The performer, the ball, the racquet and the technology
Machar Reid, Thomas Perri, Olivia Cant, Adrian Eassom, Cameron Armstrong, and Lyndon Krause
27. Sports injury and trauma biomechanics: Surrogates, human data and modeling
Nicola Petrone, Gemma Leslie, and Giuseppe Zullo
28. Biomechanics of athletes with impairment and adaptive equipment
Stefan Litzenberger, Marie Lund Ohlsson, Jonas Danvind, and Nicola Petrone
Part V: Field testing, sensors and instrumentation for the digital athlete
29. Introduction to field testing, sensors and instrumentation for the digital athlete
Alan Godfrey
30. Longitudinal assessment in sport: Injury and performance assessment
Rachel Mason, Gill Barry, Alan Godfrey, and Samuel Stuart
31. Passive sensing in sport
Sam Robertson, Nicolas Evans, Johsan Billingham, and Jade Haycraft
32. Inertial sensing in sports: Application and technical considerations
Andy Stamm, Conor Wall, and Yunus Celik
33. Artificial intelligence approaches in sport
Fraser Young and Alan Godfrey
34. Interoperable digital measurement and modelling to optimise tennis racket design: A case study
Marcus Dunn, Antoine Bacha, and John Hart
35. Big data in sport: Case studies in football and tennis
Conor Wall, Andrew Hext, and Simon Choppin
Biography
Tom Allen is a Reader in the Department of Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and Editor‑in‑Chief of Sports Engineering.
Andy Alderson is the Director of the Industry and Innovation Research Institute and a Professor of Smart Materials and Structures at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. He is a recognised world authority on auxetic (negative Poisson’s ratio) materials.
Alan Godfrey is an Associate Professor (Reader) in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Northumbria University, UK. He is a Deputy Editor of npj/Nature Digital Medicine, Editor of Maturitas, and Associate Editor of Journal of Neuro Engineering and Rehabilitation. He is a senior member of the IEEE (SMIEEE).
Duane Knudson is Regents’ Professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance, Texas State University, USA. He is a Fellow of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports, the National Academy of Kinesiology, and the American College of Sports Medicine.
James Webster leads a footwear materials innovation team within the Nike Exploration Team, Nike, USA. He is on the Editorial Board of Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part P: Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology.
Kazuya Seo is a Professor at Kogakuin University, Japan, and currently serves as Chair of the Sports Engineering and Human Dynamics Division of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME). He is a Fellow of both the International Sports Engineering Association (ISEA) and JSME.
