Analysis of drafting effects in swimming using computational fluid dynamics

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-66

  Silva, António José ^a,b   Rouboa, Abel ^a   Moreira, António ^c   Reis, Victor Machado ^a,b   Alves, Francisco ^d   Vilas Boas, João Paulo ^e   Marinho, Daniel Almeida ^a,b  

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

^b RESEARCH CENTER IN SPORTS SCIENCES   (Portugal)

^c Sports Science Institute of Rio Maior   (Portugal)

^d Faculty of Human Movement   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Drag; Finite element modeling; Human body; Tandem; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749160549     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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