Dynamic similarity during human running: About Froude and Strouhal dimensionless numbers

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 312-318

  Delattre, Nicolas ^a   Lafortune, Mario A ^b   Moretto, Pierre ^a,c  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b Nike   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE VALENCIENNES   (France)

Author keywords

Dimensionless number; Dynamic similarity; Froude; Running; Strouhal

Indexed keywords

DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER; DYNAMIC SIMILARITY; FROUDE; RUNNING; STROUHAL;

CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); FLUID MECHANICS;

ISOMERS;

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROUDE DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROUHAL DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER; WALKING;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MALE; RUNNING;

EID: 58649105764     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.11.010     Document Type: Article

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