DEVELOPMENT OF A MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR THE EVALUATION OF KINEMATICS AND IMPACT FORCES IN HISTORICAL FENCING COMBAT

Authors

Luca Foletti, University of Brescia, ItalyFollow
Stefano Piceni, University of Brescia, ItalyFollow
Davide Battini, University of Brescia, ItalyFollow
Giovanna Cornacchia, University of Brescia, ItalyFollow
Matteo Lancini, University of Brescia, ItalyFollow

Category

Combat Sports

Document Type

Paper

Abstract

This study aims at evaluating the impact forces acting on the blades of swords during a combat. Such forces will be used as input for numerical simulations to estimate the sword durability. Some replicas of the 17th century swords were instrumented with strain gauges and inertial sensors were placed on athletes’ joints to reconstruct arm kinematic. The forces along the two relevant axes are calculated by linear regression of two Wheatstone bridges and results were consistent with previsions. The calibration showed small uncertainty (max 11 N) with the transverse sensitivity being directly included in calibration parameters. In addition, the system was fully synchronized between all its parts and the bandwidth seems sufficient to calculate the impacts.

Recommended Citation

Foletti, Luca; Piceni, Stefano; Battini, Davide; Cornacchia, Giovanna; and Lancini, Matteo (2022) "DEVELOPMENT OF A MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR THE EVALUATION OF KINEMATICS AND IMPACT FORCES IN HISTORICAL FENCING COMBAT," ISBS Proceedings Archive: Vol. 40: Iss. 1, Article 49.
Available at: https://commons.nmu.edu/isbs/vol40/iss1/49