Analysis of the performance parameters of the discus throw;L'analyse des paramètres de performances du sport de lancement du disque

Science and Sports

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 14-19

  Rouboa, A ^a   Silva, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Discus Throw; Numerical methods

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PARAMETER; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY; WIND;

EID: 33847389827     PISSN: 07651597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scispo.2006.09.007     Document Type: Article

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