Dynamic Hardness (SDH) of baseballs and softballs

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1313, Issue , 1997, Pages 47-66

  Giacobbe, Peter A ^a   Scarton, Henry A ^a   Lee, Yau Shing ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Baseball; COR; Hearing damage; Scarton Dynamic Hardness; SDH; Softball; Sports equipment; Sports safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DAMPING; HARDNESS; MODAL ANALYSIS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; RUBBER PRODUCTS;

BASEBALLS; COEFFICIENT OF RESTITUTION (COR); SCARTON DYNAMIC HARDNESS (SDH) METHOD; SOFTBALLS;

SPORTING GOODS;

EID: 0031163866     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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