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Bicycle Wheel

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.

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1991-01-01. Bicycle Wheel. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20020086324

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