aerosandbox.library.power_human
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Finds the power output that a human can sustain for a given duration. |
- aerosandbox.library.power_human.power_human(duration, dataset='Healthy Men')[source]#
Finds the power output that a human can sustain for a given duration. Data was fit for durations in the range of 6 seconds to 60,000 seconds. Fits are modeled at: AeroSandbox/studies/HumanPower Data Source: Bicycling Science by D. Wilson, 2004. Figure 2.4.
Wilson is aggregating many data sources here. The raw data pulls from a variety of sources:
NASA SP-3006, 1964
U.K. amateur trials and time-trials records (Whitt, F.R. 1971 “A note on the estimation of the energy expenditure of sporting cyclists.” Ergonomics 14)
Wilsons’ own analyses
Weight estimates for tests subjects are unfortunately not given. :param duration: Time to sustain power output [seconds] :param dataset: Dataset to pull from. A string that is one of the following:
“Healthy Men”, “First-Class Athletes”, “World-Class Athletes”,
- Returns:
Sustainable power output for the specified duration [W]
- Parameters:
duration (float) –
dataset (str) –