drag affects your swimming

[imma be]

Why do you think drag affects your swimming? Is there a certain type of stroke you have to swim? What is the difference between the friction of clothing and a swimsuit?

[deleted-71417]

Hi

Have you seen this Science Buddies Project Idea on drag and swimming? It has some great resources listed in the bibliography:

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... p052.shtml

A related project on the shape of feet:

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... p052.shtml

And another study of biomimetics:

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... p015.shtml

And a project on drag:

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... p022.shtml

For info on drag vs. swim stoke style see:

http://www.indiana.edu/~hplab/research/ ... ract_2.pdf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2n_AceCr-c

http://w4.ub.uni-konstanz.de/cpa/articl ... le/438/378

http://www.igb-berlin.de/abt2/mitarbeit ... imming.pdf

http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1668/0 ... 2.0.CO%3B2

http://www.teamtermin.com/docs/Relation ... g_1976.pdf

This looks like a really interesting project area. Have fun with it!

Best regards,

Barrett L. Tomlinson