Hydrodynamics of undulatory underwater swimming: A review

Sports Biomechanics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 360-380

  Connaboy, Chris ^a,b   Coleman, Simon ^b   Sanders, Ross H ^b  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amplitude; Frequency; Strouhal number; Vortices; Wavelength

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; IMMERSION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; SWIMMING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMMERSION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RHEOLOGY; SWIMMING; WATER;

EID: 77950365576     PISSN: 14763141     EISSN: 17526116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14763140903464321     Document Type: Review

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