diff --git a/content/pages/research/skateboard-optimization.rst b/content/pages/research/skateboard-optimization.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6936036e --- /dev/null +++ b/content/pages/research/skateboard-optimization.rst @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +================================= +Optimization of Skateboard Tricks +================================= + +:collaborators: Sam Brockie, Eline van der Kruk, Raymund ten Broek +:current_researchers: +:date: 2023-12-19 +:past_researchers: Jan Heinen +:research_theme: Sports Engineering +:status: hidden +:template: project +:summary-sentence: Skateboarders can perform complex tricks and maneuvers. + Firstly, we are interested in figuring out how the skaters' + manipulate and control the board and their body using + optimal control methods. Secondly, we want to design the + board and environment to maximize performance and safety. +:summary-image: https://objects-us-east-1.dream.io/mechmotum/project-skateboard-optimization-400x400.png +:slug: research/skateboard-optimization + +Associated Research Products +============================ + +Journal Articles + +- J. Heinen, S. Brockie, R. ten Broek, E. van der Kruk, and J. K. Moore, + "Maximizing Ollie Height by Optimizing Control Strategy and Skateboard + Geometry Using Direct Collocation," Sports Engineering (Accepted), 2023. + +Theses + +- Jan Heinen, "`Optimal Skateboard Geometry for Maximizing Ollie Height + `_", + Delft University of Technology, MSc Thesis, 2022. + +Preprints + +- J. Heinen, S. Brockie, R. ten Broek, E. van der Kruk, and J. K. Moore, + "Maximizing Ollie Height by Optimizing Control Strategy and Skateboard + Geometry Using Direct Collocation." engrXiv, Aug. 14, 2023. doi: + https://dx.doi.org/10.31224/3171. + +Conference Presentations + +- J. Heinen, “Optimal Skateboard Geometry For Maximizing Ollie Height,” + presented at the Dutch Biomedical Engineering Conference, Dutch Biomedical + Engineering Conference: Egmond an Zee, The Netherlands, Jan. 26, 2023. + +Software + +- https://github.com/mechmotum/ollie-optimization +- https://github.com/brocksam/pycollo + +Media +===== + +.. raw:: html + +
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+ +Funding +======= + +This project has been made possible in part by CZI grant CZIF2021-006198 and +grant DOI https://doi.org/10.37921/240361looxoj +from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation (funder DOI 10.13039/100014989).