proceedings Proceedings 2018,2,2222 of 7 Proceedings 2018, 2, 222; doi:10.3390/proceedings2060222www.mdpi.com/journal/proceedings Proceedings A Novel Approach for Skin Suit AerodynamicOptimization Using Local Momentum Deficit t Wouter Terra*. Andrea Sciacchitano and Fulvio Scarano Aerospace Engineering Department, Delft University of Technology, 2629 HT Delft, The Netherlands;a.sciacchitano@tudelft.nl (A.S.); f.scarano@tudelft.nl (F.S.) * Correspondence: w.terra@tudelft.nl; Tel.:+31-152-787-095 + Presented at the 12th Conference of the International Sports Engineering Association, Brisbane,Queensland, Australia, 26-29 March 2018. Published: 14 February 2018 Abstract: A new approach is introduced to evaluate the potential drag reduction by skin suit designin speed sport. The approach relies upon local flow information measured in the wake of a cyclistmannequin. Lagrangian Particle Tracking is employed to measure the distribution of time-averagestreamwise velocity in a cross-plane of 30 x100 cm2 behind the stretched leg of the rider at a rangeof Reynolds numbers (0.4×105