Grant: Engage Grants Program
St. Francis Xavier University
$25,000.00
Field and computational methods for estimating aerodynamic drag
FY 2015-16
Summary
Alphamantis Technologies is a Montreal sports technology company in the beginning stages of the deployment of a proprietary ""Portable Wind Tunnel"" system that relies on bicycle-mounted sensors, and algorithms. The company needs help working in outdoor environments, conducting experiments related to 1) static wind sensors and how they behave when objects are moving, and 2) comparison of various new and old computational strategies in development by the company. In this multi-factorial experiment we mount sensors on a truck and a bicycle, and compare sensors and approaches for solving drag and rolling resistance. We will collect field data, and apply computational approaches provided by the company. These experiments will not only help address immediate company research needs, but will form useful legacy datasets what will be owned by Alphamantis and which can be used to inform further development.
Program
Engage Grants Program
Recipient
Location
Nova Scotia, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
489266-2015
Name nom
Risk, David
Department département
Earth Sciences
Organization id
83
Institution établissement
St. Francis Xavier University
Province en
Nova Scotia
Province fr
Nouvelle-Écosse
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2015
Competition year année de concours
2015
Award amount
25000
Program id
EGP
Program name en
Engage Grants Program
Program name fr
Programme de subventions d'engagement partenariat
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
1551
Committee name en
Atlantic Internal Decision Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de décision interne pour l'Atlantique
Area of application code
900
Area of application group en
Commercial services
Area of application group fr
Services commerciaux
Area of application en
Commercial services
Area of application fr
Services commerciaux
Research subject code
4401
Research subject group en
Atmospheric science
Research subject group fr
Étude de l'atmosphère
Research subject en
Dynamic meteorology
Research subject fr
Météorologie dynamique
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Field and computational methods for estimating aerodynamic drag
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Alphamantis Technologies is a Montreal sports technology company in the beginning stages of the deployment of a proprietary ""Portable Wind Tunnel"" system that relies on bicycle-mounted sensors, and algorithms. The company needs help working in outdoor environments, conducting experiments related to 1) static wind sensors and how they behave when objects are moving, and 2) comparison of various new and old computational strategies in development by the company. In this multi-factorial experiment we mount sensors on a truck and a bicycle, and compare sensors and approaches for solving drag and rolling resistance. We will collect field data, and apply computational approaches provided by the company. These experiments will not only help address immediate company research needs, but will form useful legacy datasets what will be owned by Alphamantis and which can be used to inform further development.
