Hollow golf club head modal characteristics: determination and impact applications

Experimental Mechanics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 140-146

  Hocknell, A ^a   Mitchell, S R ^a   Jones, R ^a   Rothberg, S J ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION MEASUREMENT; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MODAL ANALYSIS; SPORTING GOODS; TRANSDUCERS;

HOLLOW GOLF CLUB HEAD;

IMPACT TESTING;

EID: 0032098136     PISSN: 00144851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02321657     Document Type: Article

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