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Is there also something beneficial about the shirt he wore? It has a unique embossed pattern on the chest. Is it just a nice design or does it also provide aero
by rhplus 5mo ago
Is there also something beneficial about the shirt he wore? It has a unique embossed pattern on the chest. Is it just a nice design or does it also provide aerodynamic or heat wicking advantage?
https://news.adidas.com/sabastian-sawe---london-marathon/a/05a7a778-ec7a-4a41-94f6-a9b29e0e1eb7 https://news.adidas.com/sabastian-sawe---london-marathon/a/0...
- double0jimb0 5mo agoGood eye! Almost like an inverted golf ball. If I remember correctly from undergrad aero, purpose of dimples on golf ball is to detach/disrupt more of any laminar flow earlier as air passes around the ball, which decreases drag. Golf balls travel way faster than a runner, but possibly still has some minor effect?
- huflungdung 5mo ago[dead]
- cevn 5mo agoI can sort of visualize an aero improvement. If wind hits you flat on it goes all around and right against you, and it can bump into itself and then back on you since it's almost directionless. However if you have 'needles' coming out it gives the wind a 'direction' other than straight at you, lessening the pressure against your front.