Hydrodynamic analysis of different thumb positions in swimming

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-66

  Marinho, Daniel A ^a,b,c   Rouboa, Abel I ^c   Alves, Francisco B ^d   Vilas Boas, João P ^e   Machado, Leandro ^e   Reis, Victor M ^b,c   Silva, António J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b RESEARCH CENTER IN SPORTS SCIENCES   (Portugal)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Drag; Finger; Hand; Lift; Reverse engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 63449097325     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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