TY - JOUR
T1 - An evaluation of swimsuit performance
AU - Moria, Hazim
AU - Chowdhury, Harun
AU - Alam, Firoz
AU - Subic, Aleksandar
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Hydrodynamics plays an important role in swimming. Recently, swimsuits have been aggressively marketed, principally as a means for reducing the skin friction component of the total drag, thereby conferring a competitive advantage over other swimmers. Currently a range of swimsuits are available in the market however their aerodynamic data is hardly available in the public domain. Additionally, there is no standard methodology for the evaluation of hydrodynamic performance of swimsuits. The primary purpose of this work is to evaluate the hydrodynamic properties of a series of swimsuits at a macroscopic level. A standard cylindrical methodology has been developed in wind tunnel measurement of aero/hydrodynamic properties (drag and lift). Current production swimsuits including Diana and Spalding have been tested. All tests were conducted at a range of speeds. The findings indicate that there is a notable variation in aerodynamic properties among swimsuits.
AB - Hydrodynamics plays an important role in swimming. Recently, swimsuits have been aggressively marketed, principally as a means for reducing the skin friction component of the total drag, thereby conferring a competitive advantage over other swimmers. Currently a range of swimsuits are available in the market however their aerodynamic data is hardly available in the public domain. Additionally, there is no standard methodology for the evaluation of hydrodynamic performance of swimsuits. The primary purpose of this work is to evaluate the hydrodynamic properties of a series of swimsuits at a macroscopic level. A standard cylindrical methodology has been developed in wind tunnel measurement of aero/hydrodynamic properties (drag and lift). Current production swimsuits including Diana and Spalding have been tested. All tests were conducted at a range of speeds. The findings indicate that there is a notable variation in aerodynamic properties among swimsuits.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-80051662710&doi=10.1016%2fj.proeng.2011.05.102&partnerID=40&md5=394500ac5fd4e7fa683c61829b8e2d95
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877705811010162?via%3Dihub
U2 - 10.1016/j.proeng.2011.05.102
DO - 10.1016/j.proeng.2011.05.102
M3 - Conference article
SN - 1877-7058
VL - 13
SP - 382
EP - 388
JO - Procedia Engineering
JF - Procedia Engineering
ER -