On hydrodynamics of drag and lift of the human arm

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 39, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 2767-2773

  Gardano, Paola ^a   Dabnichki, Peter ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamic; Drag; Lift; Low speed wind tunnel; Swimming

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRAG; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIFT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND TUNNELS;

ARM LIFTS; ELBOW FLEXION; HUMAN ARMS; QUASI-STATIC CONDITIONS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARM; ARTICLE; ELBOW FLEXION; FORCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER;

AIR MOVEMENTS; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELBOW; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; SHOULDER;

EID: 33750332090     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.10.005     Document Type: Article

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