Physics of rowing oars
Popular Physics
2019-04-23 v1 Fluid Dynamics
Abstract
In each rowing sport, the oars have their very own characteristics most of the time selected through a long time experience. Here we address experimentally and theoretically the problem of rowing efficiency as function of row lengths and blades sizes. In contrast with previous studies which consider imposed kinematics, we set an imposed force framework which is closer to human constraints. We find that optimal row lengths and blades sizes depend on sports and athletes strength, and provide an optimisation scheme.
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@article{arxiv.1904.09338,
title = {Physics of rowing oars},
author = {Romain Labbé and Jean-Philippe Boucher and Christophe Clanet and Michael Benzaquen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.09338},
year = {2019}
}
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17 pages, 9 figures