I actually heard Professor Cussler on a CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) radio program a couple of months ago talking about this experiment. I am not a scientist, but on the program Professor Cussler's main point was that Reynolds Numbers (a measurent of the turbulence or viscosity of a fluid) have little or no effect on the velocity of swimmers. Acceleration however, may be an entirely different situation.
Like many others, I have been curious about this question for quite some time. Initially, I found the answer contrary to what one would expect. However, on re-examination, I would tend to agree with swimr4life as to the reasoning behind this phenomenon.
I actually heard Professor Cussler on a CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) radio program a couple of months ago talking about this experiment. I am not a scientist, but on the program Professor Cussler's main point was that Reynolds Numbers (a measurent of the turbulence or viscosity of a fluid) have little or no effect on the velocity of swimmers. Acceleration however, may be an entirely different situation.
Like many others, I have been curious about this question for quite some time. Initially, I found the answer contrary to what one would expect. However, on re-examination, I would tend to agree with swimr4life as to the reasoning behind this phenomenon.
