Analysis of Golf Impact Phenomenon and Ball Trajectory

JSME International Journal, Series C: Mechanical Systems, Machine Elements and Manufacturing

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 822-828

  Iwatsubo, Takuzo ^a   Kawamura, Shozo ^a   Miyamoto, Kazuyoshi ^a,b   Yamaguchi, Tetsuo ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contact Problem; Finite Element Method; Release Velocity; Spin Velocity; Sports Engineering; Trajectory; Transient Response

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039110375     PISSN: 13447653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/jsmec.41.822     Document Type: Article

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