drag affects your swimming
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:15 pm
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?
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