Skip to main content
. 2013 Apr 9;2013:140487. doi: 10.1155/2013/140487

Table 2.

Values of the areas, drag forces, and drag coefficients at different increase of velocity in separated underwater phases varied according to the model of hand: H adducted and H abducted.

Phases H adducted area
(×10−3 m2)
Initial velocity, m·s−1 Initial velocity −0.5 m·s−1 Initial velocity +0.5 m·s−1 H abducted area
(×10−3 m2)
Initial velocity, m·s−1 Initial velocity −0.5 m·s−1 Initial velocity +0.5 m·s−1
F D(N) C D F D(N) C D F D(N) C D F D(N) C D F D(N) C D F D(N) C D
Glide 1 4.77 8.33 0.757 6.22 0.959 10.57 0.633 4.97 8.53 0.744 6.34 0.939 10.89 0.626
Glide 2 5.01 8.48 0.733 6.32 0.928 10.78 0.613 5.03 8.46 0.729 6.28 0.920 10.83 0.614
Glide 3 4.90 8.71 0.816 6.43 1.040 11.14 0.680 5.22 9.07 0.796 6.69 1.015 11.66 0.667

Mean 4.89 8.51 0.77 6.32 0.98 10.83 0.64 5.07 8.69 0.76 6.44 0.96 11.13 0.64

s 0.12 0.19 0.04 0.10 0.06 0.29 0.03 0.13 0.33 0.04 0.22 0.05 0.46 0.03

Pull 1 7.89 16.15 1.280 11.16 1.703 21.62 1.047 8.16 17.23 1.320 11.77 1.736 23.24 1.088
Pull 2 13.51 41.59 1.862 27.83 2.369 57.36 1.580 13.60 38.06 1.694 25.50 2.156 52.35 1.433
Pull 3 11.04 32.50 1.461 22.83 1.817 43.58 1.256 10.24 26.79 1.297 18.82 1.616 35.64 1.107

Mean 10.81 30.08 1.53 20.60 1.96 40.85 1.29 10.67 27.36 1.44 18.70 1.84 37.08 1.21

s 2.82 12.89 0.30 8.56 0.36 18.02 0.27 2.74 10.43 0.22 6.86 0.28 14.61 0.19

Push 1 10.63 32.40 1.261 23.42 1.527 42.63 1.102 11.60 36.87 1.316 26.24 1.569 49.13 1.164
Push 2 9.17 30.32 1.035 22.97 1.218 38.48 0.915 9.56 32.89 1.077 24.63 1.252 42.18 0.963
Push 3 8.44 30.12 0.946 23.41 1.098 37.48 0.842 8.77 32.23 0.974 24.85 1.122 40.55 0.877

Mean 9.42 30.95 1.08 23.27 1.28 39.53 0.95 9.97 34.00 1.12 25.24 1.31 43.95 1.00

s 1.12 1.26 0.16 0.26 0.22 2.73 0.13 1.46 2.51 0.18 0.87 0.23 4.56 0.15