Effect of jumping timing on resultant height for lift by four swimmers in synchronised swimming

Biography

Professor Motomu Nakashima received his PhD in 1995. Motomu is now an Associate Professor for Department of Mechanical and Control Engineering in Tokyo Institute of Technology. Motomu’s special interests are computer simulation and its application of swimming.

Synopsis

In the ‘lift’ move of synchronised swimming, jumping height is required for evaluation. Therefore, it is quite important to clarify theoretically how the higher jumping height can be achieved. Some technical elements of the synchronised swimming, such as the sculling[1] and the eggbeater kick[2], have been studied from the mechanical viewpoint to date. However, no theoretical approach which can handle the mechanics of a whole move has been conducted. The objectives of this study were to develop the simulation method for the lift of synchronised swimming performed by four swimmers, and to conduct the parameter study in terms of the jumping timing among swimmers.