How are Strouhal number, drag, and efficiency adjusted in high level underwater monofin-swimming?

Human Movement Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 426-442

  Nicolas, Guillaume ^a   Bideau, Benoit ^a   Colobert, Briac ^a   Berton, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ RENNES 2   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Active drag; Biomechanics; Fin swimming; Froude efficiency; Strouhal number

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLYING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MARINE SPECIES; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; SWIMMING; TAIL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY; TIME; VELOCITY;

ACCELERATION; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERTION; HUMANS; JOINTS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWIMMING;

EID: 34347269617     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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