Swimming propulsion forces are enhanced by a small finger spread

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-92

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b RESEARCH CENTER IN SPORTS SCIENCES   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

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

^e NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive swimming; Computational fluid dynamics; Forces; Hand shape; Numerical simulations

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF ATTACK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; DRAG COEFFICIENT; DYNAMICS; END EFFECTORS; FLUID DYNAMICS; LIFT; PROPULSION;

ANGLES OF ATTACK; COMPETITIVE SWIMMING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS ANALYSIS; DRAG AND LIFT COEFFICIENTS; FORCES; HAND SHAPE; LIFT COEFFICIENT; PROPULSIVE FORCES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FINGER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SWIMMING;

EID: 76149093902     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: 15432688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.26.1.87     Document Type: Article

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