Skin-friction drag analysis from the forced convection modeling in simplified underwater swimming

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 2535-2541

  Polidori, G ^a   Taiar R ^b   Fohanno, S ^a   Mai, T H ^a   Lodini, A ^b  

^a Lab de Thermomécanique   (France)

^b Laboratoire d Analyse des Contraintes Mécaniques   (France)

Author keywords

Forced convection; Skin friction drag; Underwater swimming

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE; SKIN FRICTION DRAG; TURBULENT FLOW ANALYSIS; UNDERWATER SWIMMING;

BIOMECHANICS; FORCED CONVECTION; FRICTION; SHEAR STRESS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; TURBULENT FLOW;

SKIN;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SURFACE; DYNAMICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FRICTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SWIMMING; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRICTION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RHEOLOGY; SKIN; SWIMMING; TEMPERATURE; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 33748472596     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.07.013     Document Type: Article

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