Design of a three-dimensional hand/forearm model to apply computational fluid dynamics

The purpose of this study was to develop a three-dimensional digital model of a human hand and forearm to apply Computational Fluid Dynamics to propulsion analysis in swimming. Computer tomography scans of the hand and forearm of an Olympic swimmer were applied. The data were converted, using image...

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Main Authors: Daniel Almeida Marinho, Victor Machado Reis, João Paulo Vilas-Boas, Francisco Bessone Alves, Leandro Machado, Abel Ilah Rouboa, António José Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2010-04-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132010000200024