Impact of a ball with a bat or racket

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 692-702

  Cross, Rod ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 0033442075     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.19354     Document Type: Article

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