Hydrodynamic drag during gliding in swimming

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 253-257

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

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

^c RESEARCH CENTER IN SPORTS SCIENCES   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Forces; Human body; Numerical simulations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; DRAG COEFFICIENT; FLUID DYNAMICS;

BODY POSITIONS; COMMERCIAL CODES; FORCES; HUMAN BODIES; HYDRODYNAMIC DRAG; K-EPSILON TURBULENT MODEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; TRUNK POSITIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER MODEL; HYDRODYNAMICS; SWIMMING; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WATER FLOW;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SWIMMING; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 68049093220     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: 15432688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.25.3.253     Document Type: Article

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