Authors:
Md. Imam Hossain
;
David Eager
and
Paul Walker
Affiliation:
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, PO Box 123, Broadway 2007 and Australia
Keyword(s):
Greyhound Racing, Greyhound Kinematics, Dynamic Simulation, Numerical Simulation, Rigid Body Dynamics, Injury Prevention, Animal Welfare.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Artificial Intelligence
;
Biomedical Engineering
;
Collaboration and e-Services
;
Complex Systems Modeling and Simulation
;
Computer Simulation Techniques
;
Data Engineering
;
Dynamical Systems Models and Methods
;
e-Business
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Formal Methods
;
Health Information Systems
;
Integration/Interoperability
;
Interoperability
;
Knowledge Management and Information Sharing
;
Knowledge-Based Systems
;
Ontologies and the Semantic Web
;
Performance Analysis
;
Sensor Networks
;
Simulation and Modeling
;
Simulation Tools and Platforms
;
Software Agents and Internet Computing
;
Software and Architectures
;
Stochastic Modeling and Simulation
;
Symbolic Systems
Abstract:
This paper outlines greyhound dynamics results for yaw rate, speed, and the congestion pattern during a race derived through numerical modelling. The simulation results presented are also correlated to actual race data to validate modelling performance and reliability. The tasks carried out include the development of a numerical model for greyhound veering and race related supporting models, creating track 3D models replicated from actual survey data of the track, establishing a simulation environment that emulates an actual greyhound race, and the processing of both simulation and actual race data. The results show that greyhounds are susceptible to experience varying high acceleration in first five seconds into the race, during which a minimum average forward acceleration of 3.9 m/s2 was calculated, a peak yaw rate magnitude of 0.4 rad/s before the bend while transitioning into the track, and congestion during a race is affected by lure driving performance.