Modeling deformation behavior of the baseball

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 18-30

  Nicholls, Rochelle Llewelyn ^a   Miller, Karol ^a   Elliott, Bruce C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Hyper viscoelastic behavior

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORCE CONTROL; IMPACT TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VELOCITY; VISCOELASTICITY;

BASEBALLS; COEFFICIENT OF RESTITUTION; FORCE-DISPLACEMENT DATA; TIME-DEPENDENT RESPONSE;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BASEBALL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FORCE; MODEL; RIGIDITY; VELOCITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 13444251588     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.21.1.18     Document Type: Article

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