The coefficient of restitution for collisions of happy balls, unhappy balls, and tennis balls

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1025-1031

  Cross, Rod ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 0034361621     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1285945     Document Type: Article

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