WSI Lectures Notes -
Hydrodynamics
Use the following key words to study the chapter in your book on
hydrodynamics and to assist with the class lecture.
Ear Infections
Hydrodynamics
Buoyancy - Archimedes Principle
Center of Buoyance versus Center of Gravity
Specific Gravity
Equilibrium
Frontal Resistance
- Form Drag
- Wave Drag
- Frictional drag
Bernoulli's Theorem and Laminar Flow
- propeller propulsion (pitch)
- paddle propulsion
Newton's Laws of Motion and Swimming Efficiency
- Law of Inertia
- Static Inertia
- Dynamic Inertia
- Law of Acceleration
- Law of Action/Reaction
- Conservation of Momentum
- Law of Levers
Components of a stroke
- body position
- glide
- kick - power and recovery phases
- pull - recovery, entry, catch, power phase, finish
- timing
- breathing
- body roll
Prone
Supine
flex
evert
Date Last Modified: 31 January 1998
Linda Delzeit
linda@youth.net