Progress and challenges in numerically modelling solid sports balls with application to softballs

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 353-360

  Smith, Lloyd V ^a   Duris, Joseph G ^a  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ball characterization; Finite element analysis; Softball; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BASEBALL; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SPORTS EQUIPMENT;

EID: 61349198214     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410802641392     Document Type: Article

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