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. 2013 Apr 9;2013:140487. doi: 10.1155/2013/140487

Table 3.

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 spread and H adducted,spread.

Phases H spread area
(×10−3 m2)
Initial velocity,
m·s−1
Initial velocity
−0.5 m·s−1
Initial velocity
+0.5 m·s−1
H adducted,spread  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 6.09 10.59 0.754 7.90 0.955 13.46 0.631 5.24 8.21 0.680 6.09 0.855 10.55 0.575
Glide 2 6.50 10.86 0.725 8.09 0.916 13.82 0.607 5.76 10.72 0.806 8.35 1.067 13.94 0.690
Glide 3 6.67 11.24 0.773 8.27 0.982 14.45 0.647 6.55 12.02 0.842 8.69 1.051 15.68 0.715

Mean 6.42 10.90 0.75 8.09 0.95 13.91 0.63 5.85 10.32 0.78 7.71 0.99 13.39 0.66

s 0.30 0.33 0.02 0.18 0.03 0.50 0.02 0.66 1.94 0.09 1.41 0.12 2.61 0.07

Pull 1 9.91 19.68 1.242 13.38 1.626 26.60 1.026 9.61 18.86 1.227 12.90 1.616 25.46 1.012
Pull 2 15.46 34.86 1.364 23.14 1.721 48.22 1.161 14.17 36.65 1.564 24.18 1.962 50.99 1.339
Pull 3 13.58 35.22 1.286 24.56 1.589 47.23 1.106 12.45 34.03 1.356 23.72 1.674 45.80 1.170

Mean 12.98 29.92 1.30 20.36 1.65 40.69 1.10 12.08 29.85 1.38 20.26 1.75 40.75 1.17

s 2.82 8.87 0.06 6.09 0.07 12.21 0.07 2.31 9.60 0.17 6.39 0.19 13.49 0.16

Push 1 13.63 40.38 1.226 28.86 1.467 53.43 1.077 11.66 34.03 1.208 24.56 1.461 44.71 1.054
Push 2 11.77 39.17 1.042 29.40 1.215 50.02 0.928 10.31 31.85 0.967 24.16 1.139 40.30 0.853
Push 3 10.78 39.74 0.977 30.59 1.124 49.78 0.876 9.43 31.81 0.894 24.72 1.037 39.52 0.795

Mean 12.06 39.76 1.08 29.62 1.27 51.08 0.96 10.47 32.56 1.02 24.48 1.21 41.51 0.90

s 1.45 0.61 0.13 0.89 0.18 2.04 0.10 1.12 1.27 0.16 0.29 0.22 2.80 0.14