A Study of Low Resistance Swimming Suit for Competitive Swimming
【Supercategory：7. DESCENTE SPORTS SCIENCE Subcategory：7.10 Vol.10】
This study investigate the effects of size, extention and thickness of nine types competitive swimming suits, and of polyethylene oxide upon the resistance by using a same scale human model.
The resistance increased from 4.22 to 10.55%. The average increment was 7.54% with the swimming suits than without suits. There was no significant relationship between size or thickness of swimming suits and resistance.
However, between the ratio of extention were obtained. It was clearly intensified swimming suit has the lower resistance. The polyethylene oxide reduced about 16% resistance using the human model without suit, and with swimming suit reduced about 6% resistance. The effects of polyethylene oxide was very short period that were only from 2 to 4 minutes.
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The resistance increased from 4.22 to 10.55%. The average increment was 7.54% with the swimming suits than without suits. There was no significant relationship between size or thickness of swimming suits and resistance.
However, between the ratio of extention were obtained. It was clearly intensified swimming suit has the lower resistance. The polyethylene oxide reduced about 16% resistance using the human model without suit, and with swimming suit reduced about 6% resistance. The effects of polyethylene oxide was very short period that were only from 2 to 4 minutes.
DESCENTE SPORTS SCIENCE Vol.10/THE DESCENTE AND ISHIMOTO MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION SPORTS SCIENCE
| Researcher | Taiichi Togashi*1, Takeo Nomura*2, Masanori Fujimoto*3 |
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| University or institution | *1 Ibaraki University, Faculty of General Education, *2 Tsukuba University, Institute of Health and Sports Sciences, *3 DESCENTE LTD. Research Laboratories |
Keywords
Low Resistance Swimming Suit, competitive swimming, polyethylene oxide