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Sangbae Kim.
Mo, Stacy (Stacy M.)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
2017-12-05T19:18:11Z
2017-12-05T19:18:11Z
2017
2017
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/112557
1013183734
Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2017.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (page 45).
In this thesis, I analyzed, modelled, and optimized two different techniques of the long jump: the hitchkick and hang. Using video data, I made a dynamic model of both techniques, then created a cost function that took torques and angles into consideration to simulate physical limitations. Using a function minimizing optimizer, trajectories were simulated over a range of torque limits and angle penalties. Over the course of 292 simulations, we found that the hitchkick technique improved jump distances more than the hang technique, improving by up to 34.65% with an average of 7.7% while the hang technique increased jump distance by a maximum of 30.21%, with an average of -15.89%.
by Stacy Mo.
S.B.
45 pages
eng
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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