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Space Age Swimsuit Reduces Drag, Breaks Records
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2008 |
Category: |
Consumer/Home/Recreation |
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| Page: |
96 |
Center: |
Langley Research Center |
| State: |
MI |
Manufacturer: |
SpeedoUSA |
| Tech Terms: |
fluid dynamics, friction, drag, skin friction drag, liftoff, hydrodynamics, aerodynamics, Speedo, Langley, LZR Racer, Olympics |
| Abstract: |
| Because of Langley Research Center's experience in studying the forces of friction and drag, Los Angeles-based SpeedoUSA asked the Agency to help design a swimsuit shortly after the 2004 Olympics. The LZR Racer reduces skin friction drag 24 percent more than the previous Speedo racing suit. The research seems to have paid off; in March 2008, athletes wearing the LZR Racer broke 13 world records. |
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