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Research in fluid dynamical specification of hand palms in freestyle swimming
The characteristics of lift and drag forces are influenced by the configuration of a hand palm. The fluid dynamical characteristics of hand palms and that of a delta wing are compared experimentally. Delta wing is a simplified model of a hand palm. Three-dimensional velocity distribution of the wake flow was measured by X shaped hot wire probe. The results of these experiments showed clearly that the characteristics of hand palms in swimming were similar to that of delta wings.
© Copyright 2008 Bio-mechanisms of swimming and flying. Fluid dynamics, biomimetic robots, and sports science. Published by Springer. All rights reserved.
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| Notations: | endurance sports technical and natural sciences |
| Published in: | Bio-mechanisms of swimming and flying. Fluid dynamics, biomimetic robots, and sports science |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Springer
2008
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| Online Access: | http://www.springerlink.com/content/p38vm556r186124k/ |
| Pages: | 373-381 |
| Document types: | book |
| Level: | advanced |