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March 16th, 2015

The effect of unsteady flow due to acceleration on hydrodynamic forces acting on the hand in swimming

Equipment: AMTI Load Cell

Shigetada Kudo, Ross Vennell, Barry Wilson, The effect of unsteady flow due to acceleration on hydrodynamic forces acting on the hand in swimming, Journal of Biomechanics, Volume 46, Issue 10, 21 June 2013, Pages 1697-1704

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.04.002

Keywords: Swimming; Impulsive start; Drag and lift forces; Angular and general motions