Dr M Carre - University of Sheffield
Expertise
- Human interaction with sports equipment
- Experimental analysis of ball impacts
- Impact modelling
- Characterisation of sports surfaces
- Sports ball aerodynamics
- Parametric design of sports equipment
- Equipment /surface interactions
- Human perception of sports equipment performance
- Ball trajectory simulation
Current Projects
- Human grip of sports equipment
- Football boot/surface interaction
- Parametric design of hockey sticks
- Human perception of sports equipment performance
- Heading a soccer ball
- Hockey ball impacts
- Portable systems for measuring sports surface performance
Past Projects
- Sports surface performance measurement
- Friction of sports surfaces
- Cricket ball impact modelling
- Tennis ball/surface interaction
- Cricket ball impacts on natural and synthetic pitches
- Hockey ball/surface interaction
Contact Details
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Sheffield
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
Telephone: +44 114 222 7839
Fax: +44 114 222 7890
E-Mail: m.j.carre@sheffield.ac.uk
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