Laboratory: PPRIME Institute, Department: D3-GMSC, Team: RIOBOSF

ED SIMME Doctoral School proposes the following thesis subject:

Title of the thesis : Experimental analysis of propulsive and resistive forces in swimming from a robotic device simulating the skill of the swimmer

This project would be under the supervision of : Tony MONNET, D3-GMSC department of PPRIME Institute at Universite de Poitiers.

Co-supervisor(s) : Mathias SAMSON /

Starting date: 10/2022

Thesis presentation:
Racing swimming is an Olympic sport that aims to swim as quickly as possible over a distance. Swimmers must simultaneously generate the most propulsive force while reducing drag. Thus the study of propulsive and resistive forces becomes a fundamental issue in the perspective of optimizing performance, especially nowadays when medals are won within a few hundredths of a second. In this context, this thesis aims to design in the laboratory a robotic device to reproduce gestures similar to those of high-level swimmers in order to perform flow measurements, and force measurements. The scientific challenge is to analyze the propulsive and resistive mechanisms by varying the kinematic swimming parameters for a better understanding of the techniques, and ultimately to contribute to their optimization.

See the detailed description: SujetUP-2022-monnet-samson-EN.pdf

For further information and to apply, please contact: : Mathias Samson ().

Submission date: 01/11/2022 à 17 h 33 min