Drafting of 2 swimmers

Baptiste Bolon (1) , Charlie Pretot (1) , Christophe Clanet (2) , Frédérique Larrarte (3, 1) , Rémi Arthur Carmigniani (1)

1 LHSV - Laboratoire d'Hydraulique Saint-Venant / Saint-Venant laboratory for Hydraulics
2 LadHyX - Laboratoire d'hydrodynamique
3 GERS-SRO - Sols, Roches et Ouvrages Géotechniques

Open water swimming is a very tactical sport. As in cycling, competitors often swim in peloton formations. Therefore, their position in the group is crucial to optimize drafting, either to preserve their physical strength, to quickly pass a lead swimmer or to impede the passing of an opponent. This work is an experimental study of the drag on 2 swimmers scaled models.

Mots clés: SWIMMING; DRAG FORCE

Mots clés: MECANIQUE DES FLUIDES; FORCE; SPORT; TRAJECTOIRE; EAU; MODELE PHYSIQUE

Domaines: Dynamique des Fluides [physics.flu-dyn]

Baptiste Bolon, Charlie Pretot, Christophe Clanet, Frédérique Larrarte, Rémi Arthur Carmigniani. Drafting of 2 swimmers. Sport physics 21, Dec 2021, Lyon, France. 1 p. ⟨hal-03515061⟩