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How oil and gas technology is helping Australia’s Olympic Swimming Team
Written by Marcia Van Zeller
Thursday, 22 May 2008
A TECHNOLOGY used to improve flows of oil and gas through pipelines may help elite swimmers win Olympic gold.
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is the science of understanding fluid flow. It has many applications for WA's oil and gas industry and, increasingly, for sport.
A research project by the Western Australian Institute of Sport (WAIS) and the University of Western Australia is looking to enhance the performance of Australian Olympic Swimming Team members by using CFD to model stroke performance.
“From an energy cost perspective, it is more efficient to change a swimmer’s technique to reduce drag forces rather than solely increase the force applied by the swimmer,” said WAIS sports biomechanist Dr Andrew Lyttle.
“In this respect, the more informed a swim coach is on the propulsive and resistive mechanisms of swimming movements, the greater the potential for performance increases....”
The YouTube page had a link to this article:
www.sciencewa.net.au/index.php
Excerpt:
How oil and gas technology is helping Australia’s Olympic Swimming Team
Written by Marcia Van Zeller
Thursday, 22 May 2008
A TECHNOLOGY used to improve flows of oil and gas through pipelines may help elite swimmers win Olympic gold.
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is the science of understanding fluid flow. It has many applications for WA's oil and gas industry and, increasingly, for sport.
A research project by the Western Australian Institute of Sport (WAIS) and the University of Western Australia is looking to enhance the performance of Australian Olympic Swimming Team members by using CFD to model stroke performance.
“From an energy cost perspective, it is more efficient to change a swimmer’s technique to reduce drag forces rather than solely increase the force applied by the swimmer,” said WAIS sports biomechanist Dr Andrew Lyttle.
“In this respect, the more informed a swim coach is on the propulsive and resistive mechanisms of swimming movements, the greater the potential for performance increases....”
