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The efficiency of bicycle‐pedalling, as affected by speed and load
Author(s) -
Dickinson Sylvia
Publication year - 1929
Publication title -
the journal of physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.802
H-Index - 240
eISSN - 1469-7793
pISSN - 0022-3751
DOI - 10.1113/jphysiol.1929.sp002565
Subject(s) - citation , computer science , information retrieval , world wide web , operations research , mathematics
where WO and k are constants. WO represents the theoretical maximum work and would be attained only if the contraction could take place infinitely slowly. k represents the theoretical minimum time and would be attained only if no external work were done. From experiments on isolated frog's muscle a relation has been found between the theoretical maximum work WO, the energy H liberated in an isometric contraction excited by a maximal stimulus, and the time t during which the stimulus lasts. It is given by the equation