Analysis of wall shear stress around a competitive swimmer using 3D Navier-Stokes equations in CFD

Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-11

  Popa, C V ^a   Zaidi, H ^a   Arfaoui, A ^a   Polidori, G ^a   Taiar, R ^b   Fohanno, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

CFD; Standard k ; Static pressure; Swimmer; Turbulence model; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PRESSURE; SHEAR STRENGTH; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWIMMING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ATHLETES; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOVEMENT; PRESSURE; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWIMMING;

EID: 79955520669     PISSN: 1509409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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