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Admin23.07.2021

Wanna Swim Like Phelps? Take a Dive Into the Physics of Drag

For a swimmer moving at constant speed through the water the thrust force is equal to the drag force.
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Admin16.07.2021

The Proof Is In The Physics: Olympic ‘Sharkskin’ Swimsuits Outperform Shark Skin

What they found was surprising.
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Admin14.07.2021

Here’s What You Need to Know About the Physics of Swimming

Clearly, air resistance is not nearly as strong as the resistance swimmers face in water.
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Admin02.08.2021

Wanna Swim Like Phelps? Take a Dive Into the Physics of Drag

In theory, a swimmer could power three LCD TVs, four old-fashioned lamps, or 20 energy-efficient lamps.
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Admin30.08.2021

Hydrodynamics of Swimming

You can feel resistance---this is hydrodynamic drag.
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Admin06.09.2021

Newton's Laws of Motion

At nearly 100 feet long and weighing as much as 170 tons, the blue whale is the largest creature on the planet, and by far the heaviest living thing ever seen on Earth.
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Admin13.09.2021

The Twisted Physics of 5 Olympic Sports

This calculation assumes the race is completed by pure swimming.
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Admin23.08.2021

Swimming: A Dragging Battle Against the Forces of Physics

" "The basic relationship we wanted to understand was how the input variables -- namely the size of the organism, the amount an organism moves and how quickly it moves -- control the output variable, which is effectively the speed at which it moves," Mahadevan explained.
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Admin14.07.2021

The Twisted Physics of 5 Olympic Sports

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Admin01.09.2021

Swimming With Physics: Why Do Swimmers Go Faster When They Feel Slower?

Some experts have pinpointed the fish kick — a version of the dolphin kick — as the speediest swimming style.
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