Fluid Dynamics in Sports

Fluid Dynamics in Sports

Venue:      Aarhus International Sailing Center, Esther Aggebos Gade 80 A,8000 Aarhus C

Date:         14 May 2025

Fluid dynamics is everywhere, and sport is no exception. Athletes and the teams surrounding them strive to improve performance and one of the growing research fields within sports science is fluid dynamics. DANSIS has gather experts within fluid dynamics in sports across multiple disciplines and countries in this seminar. There will be presentation from the world of cycling, formula 1 racing, paragliding and sailing.

In addition to the presentations there will be some equipment from the different sports to investigate. The sailing center is full of sailing dinghies and equipment. There will also be equiptment from paragliding, handgliding and the worlds fastest track bike.

After the seminar there will be a chance for DANSIS members to go sailboat racing on bay outside the sailing center. Experienced skippers will guide you during sailing and equipment are supplied by DK sejlsport. DK Sejlsport offered us a great price and DANSIS also contributes financially to bring the price down to 250 kr per participant. If you are not already a member of DANSIS this is an excellent opportunity to become a member. You can sign up for membership here “https://dansis.dk/info/membership/” The deadline for signing up for sailing is April 23 and there are only 50 spots available, so make sure to sign up ASAP. You sign up for sailing as part of the seminar registration.

Programme

Time    
9:00 Registration and Cofee  
9:30 Welcome Stig Staghøj Knudsen, Staghoj , Denmark
9:45 Fluid dynamics in sports Andreas Top-Adler, Team Danmark, Denmark
10:30 Coffee break  
11:00 Personalized drag analysis of elite time trial cyclists using high resolution scanning and CFD simulations Yvet Maathuis, Team Danmark and DTU, Denmark
11:30 Stability of the Kite Koji Fukama, SEWPG European Innovation Center ApS, Denmark
12:00 Lunch  
13:00 Where the textbooks never venture - fluid dynamics in paraglider flight, with a focus on extreme flight configurations Mads Syndergaard, DK
13:30 Predicting Sailing Yacht Performance in Waves using a CFD-VPP Adam Persson, Rise, Sweden
14:00 Coffee break  
14:30 Fluid dynamics in Olympic sailing Laura Marimon Giovannetti, Rise, Sweden
15:00 Fluid dynamics in Americas cup foiling yachts Thomas Fanthorpe, INEOS and Mercedes F1
15:30 Seminar part Closing remarks Knud Erik Meyer , DTU Construct, Denmark
16:00 Sailing DKSejlsport
18:00 Goodbye Stig Staghøj Knudsen, Staghoj , Denmark