Mr. Barry Bixler

 

 

 Barry Bixler, a long-time swim dad, resides in Chandler, Arizona, where as a Principal Engineer for the Honeywell Corporation, he is a leader in the development of jet engines.  He has 30 years of engineering experience, specializing is applied mechanics. Barry’s combination of swimming knowledge and fluid dynamics expertise has given him a unique viewpoint that has been eye-opening to many in the swimming community. He is a reviewer for the Journal of Swimming Research, and will be a contributing author to the next IOC book on swimming. One of his “hobbies” is to apply engineering techniques used by mainstream aerospace engineers in industry to questions involving the fluid dynamics of swimming. In partnership with Scott Riewald at USA Swimming, he has been applying Computational Fluid Dynamics (a technique used in the aerospace industry) to analyze the flow around a swimmer’s arm and hand.  This presentation presents the results from their latest study - the assessment of how arm and hand acceleration and deceleration affect the propulsion generated by a swimmer.