Analysis of the effect of swimmer's head position on swimming performance using computational fluid dynamics

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1350-1358

  Zaidi H ^a   Taiar R ^b   Fohanno, S ^a   Polidori, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^b Laboratoire d Analyse des Contraintes Mécaniques   (France)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Hydrodynamic performances; Underwater swimming

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

HYDRODYNAMIC PERFORMANCES; UNDERWATER SWIMMING;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAD POSITION; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SWIMMING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POSTURE; RHEOLOGY; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 41749123179     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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