Numerical and experimental investigations of human swimming motions

H Takagi, M Nakashima, Y Sato… - Journal of sports …, 2016‏ - Taylor & Francis
This paper reviews unsteady flow conditions in human swimming and identifies the
limitations and future potential of the current methods of analysing unsteady flow. The …

CFD simulations of the aerodynamic drag of two drafting cyclists

B Blocken, T Defraeye, E Koninckx, J Carmeliet… - Computers & …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
The aerodynamic drag of two drafting cyclists in upright position (UP), dropped position (DP)
and time-trial position (TTP) is analysed by Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) …

Aerodynamic study of different cyclist positions: CFD analysis and full-scale wind-tunnel tests

T Defraeye, B Blocken, E Koninckx, P Hespel… - Journal of …, 2010‏ - Elsevier
Three different cyclist positions were evaluated with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
and wind-tunnel experiments were used to provide reliable data to evaluate the accuracy of …

Relative contribution of arms and legs in 30 s fully tethered front crawl swimming

PG Morouço, DA Marinho, M Izquierdo… - BioMed research …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
The relative contribution of arm stroke and leg kicking to maximal fully tethered front crawl
swimming performance remains to be solved. Twenty‐three national level young swimmers …

Techniques and considerations for monitoring swimmers' passive drag

R Scurati, G Gatta, G Michielon… - Journal of sports …, 2019‏ - Taylor & Francis
Drag is the resistant force that opposes a swimmer displacing through water and
significantly affects swimming performance. Drag experienced during active swimming is …

Active and passive drag: the role of trunk incline

P Zamparo, G Gatta, D Pendergast… - European journal of …, 2009‏ - Springer
The aim of this study was to investigate the role of trunk incline (TI) and projected frontal
area (A eff) in determining drag during active/passive measurements. Active drag (D a) was …

Computational fluid dynamics analysis of cyclist aerodynamics: Performance of different turbulence-modelling and boundary-layer modelling approaches

T Defraeye, B Blocken, E Koninckx, P Hespel… - Journal of …, 2010‏ - Elsevier
This study aims at assessing the accuracy of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for
applications in sports aerodynamics, for example for drag predictions of swimmers, cyclists …

The influence of the frontal surface area and swim velocity variation in front crawl active drag

JE Morais, RH Sanders, C Papic… - Medicine & science …, 2020‏ - bibliotecadigital.ipb.pt
Purpose The aims of this study were to 1) compare active drag (Da) calculation between a
single land-based measurement of frontal surface area (FSA) and in-water FSA measures …

Planimetric frontal area in the four swimming strokes: Implications for drag, energetics and speed

G Gatta, M Cortesi, S Fantozzi, P Zamparo - Human movement science, 2015‏ - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to use the planimetric method to determine frontal area (Ap)
throughout the stroke cycle in the four swimming strokes as well as during “streamlined leg …

Computational fluid dynamics analysis of drag and convective heat transfer of individual body segments for different cyclist positions

T Defraeye, B Blocken, E Koninckx, P Hespel… - Journal of …, 2011‏ - Elsevier
This study aims at investigating drag and convective heat transfer for cyclists at a high
spatial resolution. Such an increased spatial resolution, when combined with flow-field data …