ON ROWING
last revision : February
2009
During a number of years the author has commented on several subjects related to rowing in the monthly club magazine of rowing club De Laak in The Hague, The Netherlands. Some of the subjects were an answer to discussions during the after row coffee or were inspired by Anu Dudhia. The presented material is not the result of thorough research work. It is rather considered as a contribution to the discussion on the theory behind rowing in order to make things clear and to clarify controversial subjects. Nevertheless a precise mathematical formulation was intended. See the subjects below:
Simulation of rowing, theory
and modelling
Kinetic energy dissipated by
the moving rower
Energy balance of a simplified
model
Energy balance of the model
as descriped in item 1
Front loaded versus back
loaded catch
To see a comparison of the simulation
results from the model described on this website and from the model of
William Atkinson click here In September 2004 a link to this
website was included in PSIgate (Physical Science
Information Gate). To visit PSIgate click here
About the author:
Marinus van Holst (1933), active in rowing since 1957, is a mechanical engineer
and professor emeritus of the Delft University of Technology. He is a member of
the Dutch rowing clubs Nautilus and De Laak.
e-mail: m.holst@hccnet.nl
The material on this site
is not copyright protected. Everybody is free to copy it and to use it for his
own purpose. Proper referencing will of course be appreciated. Source listings
are available on request.