The 3D CFD study of gliding swimmer on passive hydrodynamics drag



Título del documento: The 3D CFD study of gliding swimmer on passive hydrodynamics drag
Revista: Brazilian archives of biology and technology
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000374455
ISSN: 1516-8913
Autores: 1
2
3
4
Instituciones: 1Universidade de Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Departamento de Engenharia Mecanica, Vila Real. Portugal
2Universidade de Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Centro de Investigacao em Desporto, Saude e Desenvolvimento Humano, Vila Real. Portugal
3Universidade de Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Departamento de Ciencias do Desporto, Vila Real. Portugal
4Universidade da Beira Interior, Departamento de Ciencias do Desporto, Covilha, Castelo Branco. Portugal
Año:
Periodo: Mar-Abr
Volumen: 57
Número: 2
Paginación: 302-308
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Nota breve o noticia
Enfoque: Experimental
Resumen en inglés The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of depth on the hydrodynamic drag coefficient during the passive underwater gliding after the starts and turns. The swimmer hydrodynamics performance was studied by the application of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method. The steady-state CFD simulations were performed by the application of k - omega turbulent model and volume of fluid method to obtain two-phase flow around a three-dimensional swimmer model when gliding near water surface and at different depths from the water surface. The simulations were conducted for four different swimming pool size, each with different depth, i.e., 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 and 3.0 m for three different velocities, i.e., 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5 m/s, with swimmer gliding at different depths with intervals of 0.25 m, each starting from the water surface, respectively. The numerical results of pressure drag and total coefficients at individual average race velocities were obtained. The results showed that the drag coefficient decreased as depth increased, with a trend toward reduced fluctuation after 0.5m depth from the water surface. The selection of the appropriate depth during the gliding phase should be a main concern of swimmers and coaches
Disciplinas: Física y astronomía,
Ciencias de la computación
Palabras clave: Dinámica de fluidos,
Computación,
Dinámica de fluidos computacional (CFD),
Arrastre pasivo
Keyword: Physics and astronomy,
Computer science,
Fluid dynamics,
Computing,
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD),
Passive Drag,
Streamline gliding position,
Glide depth
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